Fizeau
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First terrestrial measurement was made in 1849 by Armand Hippolyte Louis Fizeau of France, who passed a beam of light through the teeth of a spinning cogwheel.
From Time Magazine Archive
Methods of measurement by the toothed wheel of Fizeau confirm this result.
From Recreations in Astronomy With Directions for Practical Experiments and Telescopic Work by Warren, Henry White
The velocity of light was experimentally found, in 1862, by Fizeau and Foucault, each using an independent method.
From History of Astronomy by Forbes, George
Fizeau, and more recently by A. Apps and modern inventors.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 2 "Ehud" to "Electroscope" by Various
Measure of Physical Constants: Constant of gravitation—Discoveries of Cavendish, Vernon Boys, Eötvös, Richarz and Krigar-Menzel—Michelson's improvements on Fizeau and Foucault's experiments— Measure of speed of light.
From The New Physics and Its Evolution by Poincaré, Lucien
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