Page talk:Experimental Determination of the Velocity of Light (1878 manuscript)/5

Michelson's capital "N"
In the 11th line from the end, "the North sea-wall" has a clear capital "N" on "North". It agrees well with the capital "N" on "Naval Academy" later in the same line, and is twice the height of initial lower case "n"s on other words. But the word "western" is not capitalized two lines later. --Mike O&#39;D 04:02, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

Michelson's strike-through
Michelson wrote the last three words in the last line, "hole in the", very clearly, and then struck through them with two horizontal lines. The same phrase is written on the top of the next page. I see no clue why Michelson struck through these words. --Mike O&#39;D 04:03, 13 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Guess: the original error was to repeat "hole in the" on the next page---he corrected later by striking out the first occurrence of the phrase. --Mike O&#39;D 04:15, 13 March 2008 (UTC)