Assertion: experiment | /r/CapableOf | establish the wavelength of light
Facets:
value: as a standard of length
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: In 1885, Michelson began a collaboration with Edward Morley, spending considerable time and money to confirm with higher accuracy Fizeau's 1851 experiment on Fresnel's drag coefficient, to improve on Michelson's 1881 experiment, and to establish the wavelength of light as a standard of length.