Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-01-04
DISCUSS E|NsTE|N THEORY
SCIENTISTS DISPUTE
LAW OF GRAv.TATION
American Astronomer Asks RcnGcr> o,
''ahSins Box ifcinE Suspended
In Spncc.
GARRETT q. SE,,yIs.

| - many are asking: lis Eins;cin's
| 'he"'F 'ruc? chat /, becomes impos-
Slpie to avoid saying something abou,
vAis mathematical mcbuin. whic5 hna
su""chiE 1oomcd UP before tho ptDii,,
"S.' aud out Of which some persons
, 49,, seems q new system. 'non-New-
cess a. devolopmont IN :hI hama. q" :"
some. some o. rs cNpounders the thing be-
sE!Snttic EolshCvism. for thnv Iisda,n
iuiiH iinS the word "hour.coi;'' nj the
, MnHnservaiiy9 PHYSICISTS" aud al those
WWh" are st!ll disposed TO hold fast h>.
The old motto: ITO the solid sr0un;i
81 nature trusts the mind that builds
IL seems to nc shat The inwar,incs.
81 81 me Wnoie matter has been most
HeariE nisp'tEed ny Einstcin hiinseIt
pave compared him with Newton 40
y; ;rHMiSn ni%adN;amias." hus he himself
dccidodly in Ncwtou's favor
vac renn"r will remember ,hc old
.toIN Hhpui Ecwton and the fallji.
2Hnpl". From $40 behavior Of the aoni,
NcM''n ''"ur"d the Raw OF gravi,a-
HEM KEN t"Is."tns the moon and the
I'thetS: ~. iouSly enough il wa. olen
an acc dental ftl! which started E;'n.
StS.m - spec ulHiir2 about ;hc nature
m@jt@n i!ui ihc body ihIt Eiustcii,
~" iihIn. Was not an iulnimatr OH
lccj like Ncwtous apple. Nut n iiyin,.
r ,nr m.2 Itnln"lrt on It ncighhoriu:
'N"i, ana 'u"kiiN escaped dcatl, III.
, 'ai"dinE on pile %! sort Rubbish
Now. urIlI. the 10 t,nns ~ ,,!,,,,
,Etsre Wa no m"taphyntc.il element Mir in
.rS"iohS rc;'&OnigL; NOTHING ";Ii,i,rtiy,.
;tbout It. ':hc fan or the aDpIs va. nv
15 n5It ph!Sn"men"n and as such he
t - in,, NH II. II didn't occur to him
!;s IAN. lie Ms no; 6"ni;Ty ,,;,,, n ns,,
,..,". hinsie!n. on INC other rama.
GsG" the .n'.!cnt II IN" ma!'s f,tlj si,b
1o5iN"tN. c'rS .de:ing 1t from tGn iInor.
. CONSCIOUSNESS ~ the taller
.r y" tn"omsn"n Sensation.
nt c%"e:i fenced no sensation ,.o,,1,,,, -
=, ,TaSld"red as tho cnect 81 ..ravj.v,
Tt""'" Pun him down NioleatIy toward
ne !arth. .\nd jhis stn-tci IN ;s,i
fhou. ! mind - 'ompilci ,cu chaim o.,
pfeS'cd II. moi TO a dis. Vowni Of ~ w
,i'.,,oI,, 'Hi a sUolimation or san
Newton "'S "n'AmAijen' 81!
and If iS f. II imas'ns ,he earth removed
as, . roo'', ." a. y Whole hons. So 49,, al ~
ccn;,, n ,i naturally hoa,ns in The
I,ul'!nn& him Imagine fnr,her 't ,I';s
M, ~, s,ii, ~ y rope or other con,,:v
witch Is a' S,n,;y, ;cj erHsd TO ono side.
,,n"ti"n. as opposed 10 ;,nifn,n, M Tnl
,Ii, ING person would then natur9
80 ~ 'SSa would consequently I've th.,
am . rs II he .oDcycd Nr,. iun's; law ~
80, i,a,,iYl' While in fact. there is no
- 80 l,'t!vn c%ertcd whatever whi%S
p re-. that aifIorm notion will nh il,
/ graritation." ''~'S as
Sa!1 .ih:.. drunken man 10 The ,,n,,,.
80 " ma Il, you mean by hi;.inr
! rs on ne hSad%" Which proves tha;
ci''.liii I" no ."h may p"oducr rs big a
t ths Al, ,a"m . as er4vitntion. TerhSps
I Lth"H%it 'i,a; The ground was iIEin. I'm IN
90 nm. Ihai Is ;Ec -"ubie viii iii
c"hctuS!"n& 2h"u; CHtcruui .hin.s INA;
Tl, lass. o,aSe. on i"tern"! impressions M!
H. Consistent With Each oihcr.
iiaF'nS developed his theory. pul
ad'ni"d his data EinStcin. Of ;oursc
- ABLE 10 form mathematical 10. m,iiac
,n3l ere consistent with one auo,b"-
ana mt Eiye results consistent; With
me u3'a. fy making the uroncr ts
! SuhN'i.hs you caH prove that the moon
! ~ ~ Edam cheese. "What you &c: OUT
OF tho mathematical! mill dcnends i,no1
, m.,:'I 20" nHi int" L." Ever mathc-
unawar" o. II who know nothing about
~; villa; about the alleged nyoo.
,tha' Einstcin Is right i.rC..n-c tho
: hsHi 81 certain stars, seen nearly IN
i iihs with the sun during an eclipse.