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No, but the way that scientists measured the speed of light was having a group of scientists stand on two mountains within visibility, then one group flashes open a light or lantern and they count how long it takes to reach the other mountain using a stopwatch. Then they subtract human reaction time to the equation and do some simple equation using the time they counted to find the speed of light.

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