EINSTEIN THEORY
TEST IN AMERICA
NEW YORK, 30th December
Coincident with Professor Einstein's arrival at San Pedro, California, for tlio continuation of his last winter's study at the Wilson Observatory, Dr. Robert Millikau informed the American Association for the Advancement of Science at a meeting at Now Orleans that tho new experimental test in support of Einstein's special theory of relativity was the "most complete and extensive test" that has been made. After nine years of intensive research tho Californian Institute of Technology had obtained results agreeing with the results of the famous Michelson Morlcy experiment, after introducing into the latter greater accuracy, with the inclusion of the time element and substitution of the orbital motion of the earth round the sun for motion of the earth about its axis as the source of light.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19320104.2.70
Bibliographic details
Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 2, 4 January 1932, Page 7
Word Count
135EINSTEIN THEORY Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 2, 4 January 1932, Page 7
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Evening Post. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in