THE EINSTEIN THEORY
FURTHER CONFIRMATION. MEASURING ANGLE OF DEFLECTION. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright ADELAIDE, November 14. (Received Nov. 14, at 9.20 p.m.) Further confirmation of the Einstein theory of relativity has been found in the plates secured by the Cordilly Downs party, which observed the solar eclipse last year. According to these measurements, the deflection of light from the stars in the vicinity of the sun at the time of the eclipse was 2.15 seconds of an arc, or slightly greater than was predicted by Professor Einstein and a little greater than the amount obtained by the other observing parties. The Einstein theory predicted the displacement of starlight in its passage near tha sun.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 19019, 15 November 1923, Page 7
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