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The velocity of light was first measured by
Answer: A
Ole Romer first measured it.
The Danish astronomer noticed in 1676 that the eclipses of Jupiter's moon Io ran late when the earth was farther from Jupiter, and inferred that light takes time to cross the distance. His figure was about 220,000 km/s - low, but the first demonstration that light has a finite speed.
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