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| | Louis Essen - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography |
 | | Their result, 299,792±3 km/s, was substantially greater than the prevailing sequence of optical measurements that had begun around the start of the 20th century and Essen had to withstand some fierce criticism and disbelief. |
 | | However, a combination of Essen's stubornness, his iconoclasm and his belief in his own skill at measurement (and a little help with calculations from Alan Turing) inspired him to refine his apparatus and to repeat his measurement in 1950, establishing a result of 299,792.5±1 km/s,. |
 | | Louis Essen, Early work, The speed of light, Atomic clocks, Time standards, Later life, Honours, 1908 births, 1997 deaths, English inventors, English physicists, Natives of Nottinghamshire and Timekeeping. |
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