Absolute total cross sections for electron-impact excitation of the 2s S 2p P transition in C were measured from 7.35 eV to 8.45 eV using the merged electronion beams energy-loss technique. The results settle the discrepancy between two previous experiments using the crossed-beams fluorescence method, being in very good agreement with the older results [P. O. Taylor, D. Gregory, G. H. Dunn, R. ...