The basic design of the Michelson Interferometer has succesfully measured (select all that apply) the speed of light in the 1880s the existence of the aether in the 1880s the photoelectic effect in the 1930s O gravity waves in 2015

The basic design of the Michelson Interferometer has succesfully measured (select all that apply) the speed of light in the 1880s the existence of the aether in the 1880s the photoelectic effect in the 1930s O gravity waves in 2015

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