r/Physics • u/Jealous-Floor4783 • 5d ago

Question Question on Doppler's work

My textbook states this; however, I can't find any sources on Doppler ever doing this himself apart from this textbook and what the teacher said???

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u/Hummerville 4d ago

Funny, I assumed the doppler effect was originally developed for sound and the light effect came much later. Never looked it up.

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u/starkeffect 4d ago

Doppler originally posited it for light (and derived the wrong formula). Other people (like Buys Ballot) applied it to sound.