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Finding the speed of light : the 1676 discovery that dazzled the world  Cover Image Book Book

Finding the speed of light : the 1676 discovery that dazzled the world / written by Mark Weston ; illustrated by Rebecca Evans.

Weston, Mark, 1953- (author.). Evans, Rebecca, (illustrator.).

Summary:

Describes how Danish astronomer Ole Romer measured the speed of light using a crude telescope and a mechanical timepiece.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780884485452
  • ISBN: 0884485455
  • Physical Description: 32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 24 x 29 cm
  • Publisher: Thomaston, Maine : Tilbury House Publishers, [2019]
Subject: Römer, Ole, 1644-1710 > Juvenile literature.
Light > Speed > Juvenile literature.
Astronomy > Juvenile literature.
Discoveries in science > Juvenile literature.
Genre: Picture books for children.
Nonfiction.
Juvenile works.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at scottsboropl.

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  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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scottsboropl J 535 Wes 32269001188757 Juvenile - NonFiction Available -

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1001 . ‡aWeston, Mark, ‡d1953- ‡eauthor.
24510. ‡aFinding the speed of light : ‡bthe 1676 discovery that dazzled the world / ‡cwritten by Mark Weston ; illustrated by Rebecca Evans.
264 1. ‡aThomaston, Maine : ‡bTilbury House Publishers, ‡c[2019]
300 . ‡a32 unnumbered pages : ‡bcolor illustrations, color maps ; ‡c24 x 29 cm
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520 . ‡aDescribes how Danish astronomer Ole Romer measured the speed of light using a crude telescope and a mechanical timepiece.
60010. ‡aRömer, Ole, ‡d1644-1710 ‡vJuvenile literature.
650 0. ‡aLight ‡xSpeed ‡vJuvenile literature.
650 0. ‡aAstronomy ‡vJuvenile literature.
650 0. ‡aDiscoveries in science ‡vJuvenile literature.
655 0. ‡aPicture books for children.
655 4. ‡aNonfiction.
655 7. ‡aJuvenile works. ‡2lcgft
7001 . ‡aEvans, Rebecca, ‡eillustrator.
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