GK QUESTION#3059
In which year did Austrian physicist Christian Doppler first propose the principle that explains the change in frequency of sound or light due to the relative motion of the source and observer?
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C. 1842
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Christian Doppler presented the principle in 1842. Motion of the source or observer can change the received frequency relative to the emitted frequency. The year refers to the proposal, not to the later experimental demonstrations.