Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-11-17
E|NSTE|N THEORY
\ IS Misunderstood
Or. Dole Says This 10 Due
Largely to European Prop
aRanda.

Rev. George Henry Dole, pastor OF
the Church of the New Jerusalem, has
contributed the following article on
the subject: "Einstein and Rela-
tlvity:"
There is much misunderstanding in
the public mind concerning the proofs
of the Einstein theory OF relativitv.
This is due to propaganda centered
in continental Europe. which has
given out the statement that only one
proof is lacking to make sure the
theory. English astronomers are AL
most solidly against his theory. 1t
Is not denied that motion is relative.
but the formula OF his computation is
pronounced as purely fabulous. having
no basis in science or reason, as shown
IN the writer's booklet on "Einsten
and Relatively" Reuterdahl. who in
lsu2 presented universal theory of
ihterdenendence, has recently made a
most searching expose of Einsteins
theory. First. Reuterdahl goes to the
root or the formula, in these words,
The formula of Einstein rests en-
tirely upon mathematical specula-
tons concerning an imaginary COM
plex 'space-time.' conceptually spun
out of flbers gathered from the fairy
land OF four -dimensional space. Al
labyrinthian track. which begins
everywhere and after innumerabe
fantastic detours ends nowhere. Upon
this bauble of the imagination rests a
formula whose antecedents are
doubtful"
Reuterdahl emphasizes the fact that
Einstein was not the first to dis
cover the bending of light rays as
they pass large bodies of matter. He
cites Newton's "Opticks," which saws
DO not bodies act upon light at a dis
tance. and by their action bend their
rays. and is not this action strongest
at the least distance?' Henry Cav
endish Q7S1-1S10) and Soldner in 1901
calculated the DETECTION of light rays
upon the Newtonian theory of gravi-
taton, Einstein first publishing his
calculation in 1911.
Heuterdahl quotes Prof Gehrcke
director OF the Physical and Technical
Imperial Institute who writes: THE
bending of light rays near the sun.
as disclosed by Einstein was made
known by the mathematician Vim
WV iNV years ago. III is
very remarkable that Won Soldner's
and Einstein's formulae for the
amount of DETECTION of light should
coincide. The historical discovery was
recently published by the well-known
Heidelberg physicist and Noble prize
winner, Lenerd. But here Is more TO
the story. Soldner. as Isenerd noticed
made slight mistake in his calcula-
ton in that he neglected the factor
in his formula. That was in the
year 1901. In the year 1911 Einstein
wa. overtaken by the same misfor-
tune, that is. he also omitted the fac
tor In his formula" Reuterdahl
concludes. These astounding revela-
tons cast lurid light on the alleged
discoveries Of Einstein and enable us
20 understand the peculiar relations
between the computations"
Again, as the writer maintained IN
his treatment OF the subject, Reuter-
dahl says, ut is possible to calculate
the detection of light from the simple
assumptions which are grounded di-
rectly in physical facts" Einstein's
formula involving the fourth dimen-
sion is pure chimerical, and IL II
brought a correct result It would be a
mere coincident.