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  2. Tired light - Wikipedia

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    Tired light was an idea that came about due to the observation made by Edwin Hubble that distant galaxies have redshifts proportional to their distance.Redshift is a shift in the spectrum of the emitted electromagnetic radiation from an object toward lower energies and frequencies, associated with the phenomenon of the Doppler effect.

  3. Tolman surface brightness test - Wikipedia

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    Tired light hypothesis vs. expanding universe. The Tolman surface brightness test is one out of six cosmological tests that were conceived in the 1930s to check the viability of and compare new cosmological models. Tolman's test compares the surface brightness of galaxies as a function of their redshift (measured as z).

  4. List of best-selling Nintendo Switch video games - Wikipedia

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    By the end of 2020, total Nintendo Switch family units had outsold the lifetime sales of the Nintendo 3DS, its handheld console predecessor, by selling nearly 80 million units. [2] As of December 31, 2024, 150.86 million Nintendo Switch consoles had been shipped, with over 1.35 billion copies of games having been shipped for the platform. [3]

  5. John Henry Holmes - Wikipedia

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    Developing technology behind the modern light switch John Henry Holmes (1857 – 1935) was an English electrical engineer , inventor, Quaker and pioneer of electric lighting who invented the quick break light switch, the technology behind which remains the basis for modern wall mounted light switches .

  6. Light switch - Wikipedia

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    The toggle light switch was invented in 1916 by William J. Newton. [2] As a component of an electrical wiring or home wiring system, the installation of light switches is regulated by some authority concerned with safety and standards. In different countries the standard dimensions of the wall mounting hardware (boxes, plates, etc.) may differ.

  7. List of telephone switches - Wikipedia

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    EMS-1 (The ITEC Electronic Modular Switch is an electronic direct control switching system. The modules are combined to form a complete switch or any of the modules can be added to your present Step-by-Step Systems.) EMS-2 (The EMS-2 RURAL SWITCH is a stored program control analog switch designed to be cost-effective in small exchanges.

  8. Tired light theory - Wikipedia

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    This page was last edited on 20 December 2012, at 18:47 (UTC).; Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; additional terms may apply.

  9. Paul Marmet - Wikipedia

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    Paul Marmet, OC FRSC (20 May 1932 – 20 May 2005) was a Canadian physicist, inventor, author, and professor at Laval University in Quebec City, Canada, who served as the President of the Canadian Association of Physicists.