Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-09
Theory Is All Wet, Says
Capt. See, Who It, See Him atAH
BIZ II M0NTROSE
NEA Service Writer

SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. s-Pro-
lessor Albert Einstein has Won
world vide fame as originator Of
the theory of relatively and is now
paying California a visit which
many scientists insist is q great
honor to the state. but California
has at least one distinguished star
eazer who has picked the moment
Of Einstein's visit to repeat what
he has often said before-namely
that Einstein Is completely and
everlastingly mistaken IN practi-
cally all Of his theories and beliefs
This dissenter Is Captain Thomas
jefferson jackson 6ee-six feet and
four inches tall and "a years old.
former director Of the u. s. naval
observatory at Mare Island. senior
mathematician for the II. 8. navy
and soon 10 take charge OF a gov
eminent observatory at Acapulco,
Peru.
"E~instein." says Capt. see. IFS
neither astronomer. mathematician
nor physicist. He Is a confusionist.
The Einstein theory Is a fallacy. II
Is based on q glazing error of which
Einstein Is aware but which he re-
fuses 10 recognize. I know Of not
one truth in the whole mass Of
relatively literature, and thus, for
the good Of science, not a line Of IL
should have been published.
1T has simply added to the dark
ness and confusion Of a superficial
and unthinking age. in which guam
tity production Of inferior literature
Is tnturing the public mind.
Increased the Darkness"
"Einstein is shown to have tink-
cred with Newton's Law without
understanding il which thus in
creased the darkness OF this diff
cult subject, without adding a ray
Of light"
Having delivered this broadside.
Captain See goes on 70 add q final
salvo.
The Einstein theory that the
ether does not exist and that grav-
ity Is not q force but a property Of
space car only be described as 4
crazy vagary, q disgrace to our
age"
AS II happens. Captain See does
not stand alone In his views. Other
American and European scientists
have agreed with him. But thus far
Einstein himself has never taken
the trouble 10 answer him. Elm
STEMS supporters have. but Elm
stein has simply ignored the naval
officer.
Captain See insists that Finstein
Is perfectly aware Of the fallary in
his theory OF relatively but won't
admit II.
How About That Two?
He declares that there is a elar-
ing error In Einstein's formula for
the bending OF q ray Of light as II
passes by the sun. Einstein. saws
Captain See, carelessly failed TO
multiply his result by two. and
therefore got only half the value
he should have got. And further
more. that half-value itself was
not new; Captain See declares tina.
il was obtained by a DR.. Soldner.
another German physicist, nearly
100 years ago.
As Captain See explains II:
"Einstein began his calculations
by an erroneous differential equa-
ton for the bending Of the path or
light. BY careless geometry he
omitted a multiplier. two. for the
angle. and hence when he inte-
grated Cor rounded out and sum-
marized) the expression 70 finish
his calculation Of the bending Of
the ray. he gets only half the value
required BY correct physical math-
ematics.'
As far as Einstein's later theory
on tie relation between gravity and
electricity IS concerned, Captain See
says that he himself was a year
ahead AZ Einstein on this. TO