LIGHT AND WEIGHT
EINSTEIN'S OSSCOVERY.
, 'Per-..-Pr«ss'' Association—Copyright). ' : ("The Times.-'') '. (Received Deoembor '2, 2 p.m.) LONDON,- December 28. Professor .."'Einstein,'-' concluding an abstruse article in " Tlie: Times," says: "The comment is calculated to cheer up tho devoted^ Newtonian, whose confidence was recently shaken. While the basic principles of the new theory of gravitation diverted from Newton's, in practical application they agree so closely that it is difficult to find a case wherein the actual differences* could be subjected to observation.':.:. Newton's clear, wide ideals forever. retain their significance as the foundation 'whereon our modern conceptions' of physics is built.". _ . ..; . .'. „■;. "Tlie Times," in an .editorial, says: "The new conception makes '■ '..little' difference to the practical■ -'world. The laws of. physics become much complicated, but we may measure .out land and believe our clocks as before the emergence of Einstein."
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XL, Issue 9171, 2 December 1919, Page 5
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