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Electrical Supply and Population.

Info. from the Administrative County of London and District Electric Power Company give horse power connected to the supply mains per 1,000 head of population, for power and light and just power only.


Can you provide those two figures for both a, London?

                                                                     b, London Industrial Area.


The year is 1909/1910.


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    Alasdair Anderson:
    ebee:

    Anyone noticed the speed of light has changed too?

    When I was at school I`m sure the speed of light was about 186234 miles per second, now its quite a few miles faster.

    So light has speeded up during my lifetime (or they just measure it a bit cleverer these days?)


    When I was at school the speed of light was 186,282.39 miles per second (plus or minus about 0.4 miles per second) so does that make me younger than you? I think the speed of light is constant, but they have always been saying that with advances in technology distances are shrinking, so perhaps the miles are shorter.




    186,282.397 miles/sec. I remember that being given in a science programme on TV late 70s early 80s (BBC Horizon?). Apparently they got it by comparing two laser beams.


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    Alasdair Anderson:
    ebee:

    Anyone noticed the speed of light has changed too?

    When I was at school I`m sure the speed of light was about 186234 miles per second, now its quite a few miles faster.

    So light has speeded up during my lifetime (or they just measure it a bit cleverer these days?)


    When I was at school the speed of light was 186,282.39 miles per second (plus or minus about 0.4 miles per second) so does that make me younger than you? I think the speed of light is constant, but they have always been saying that with advances in technology distances are shrinking, so perhaps the miles are shorter.




    186,282.397 miles/sec. I remember that being given in a science programme on TV late 70s early 80s (BBC Horizon?). Apparently they got it by comparing two laser beams.


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