¶ Radiation: Speed Of
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There are no instant lines–
Reaching instantly to eternity;
For the concepts
Of instantaneity, simultaneity, and eternity
Were anulled by the discovery
That light and all radiation
Have an approximately discrete speed
Of seven hundred million miles an hour,
which, of course, is too fast for man’s
Perceptive detection,
But accounts lucidly
For humanity’s assuming erroneously
That his sight experience
Is instantaneous.
Prior to the Michelson-Morley experiments–
Throughout all past history–
On every clear night
Man could seemingly witness for himself
The ‘instantly eternal’ stars.
However, with the measurement of light’s
And of other
