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Subject: Speed of Light
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Date: Wed, 11-Jan-84 01:31:50 EST
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From:  Joseph A. Frisbie <JAF%MIT-SPEECH@MIT-MC.ARPA>


The speed of light is rarely the same, it depends on the material it is 
passing through. (Alot slower in dielectrics.) The density of the 
vaccuum is probably greater closer to the sun.  Also aren't there
gravitational effects, or do space and time change proportionally?

Joe
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