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> is more of a numerological coincidence, the actual estimate that Rayleigh gives is half of that! I definitely thought so too, in the first paper the 1.67 isn
by tech_ken 2y ago
> is more of a numerological coincidence, the actual estimate that Rayleigh gives is half of that!
I definitely thought so too, in the first paper the 1.67 isn't even really his primary guess so definitely some presentist bias in the OP
- bialpio 2y agoFrom the paper: "The thickness of oil required to take the life out of the camphor movements lies between one and two millionths of a millimetre, and may be estimated with some precision at 1’6 micromillimetre." Looks like a primary guess to me, even if the table lists more data points.
- tech_ken 2y agoOh nice my bad, I was just looking at the tables