Ole Christensen Rømer (25 September 1644, Århus - 19 September 1710, Copenhagen) was a Danish astronomer who in 1676 made the first quantitative measurements of the speed of light.Read more
Ole Christensen Rømer (25 September 1644, Århus - 19 September 1710, Copenhagen) was a Danish astronomer who in 1676 made the first quantitative measurements of the speed of light.