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English: In Foucault's experiment, lens L forms an image of slit S at spherical mirror M. If mirror R is stationary, the reflected image of the slit reforms at the original position of slit S, regardless of how R is tilted, as shown in the lower annotated figure. However, if R rotates rapidly, the time delay due to the finite speed of light traveling from R to M and back to R results in the image of the slit S becoming displaced.
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Source http://www.gutenberg.org/files/11753/11753-h/11753-h.htm with additional annotations by uploader
Author Albert A. Michelson

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