In fact, this was accepted as the most accurate measurement of the speed of light for the next forty years, at which point Michelson measured it again. The next lecture is on the Michelson-Morley experiment to detect the aether.
The United States declared war on Germany on April 6, 1917. There was two major reasons. First off, the German U-Boats sank 3 passenger ships carrying US civilians and citizens.
Germanyâs ally Japan slithered in and bombed an unsuspecting Pearl Harbor in 1941. The U.S. naturally abandoned their neutral stance and declared war on Japan, and Germany took that as an opportunity to declare war on the United States. It was a bloody, disgusting mess, and a threat to not only our way of life, but all of humanity.