The first American to win the Nobel Prize in physics was Albert Michelson (1852–1931), who was given the award in 1907 for developing and using optical precision instruments.

Between October 12, 1882, and November 14, 1882, he made 23 measurements [6] of the speed of light (in kilometers per second):

Assuming that these measurements are a random sample, does a 99 percent confidence interval include the value 299,710.50 that is now accepted as the speed of light?

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299,883 299,796 299,748 299,611 299,809 299,816 299,781 299,774 299,696 299,682 299,599 299,578 299,820 299,573 299,797 299,723 299,778 299,711 300,051 299,796 299,772 299,748 299,851