Published May 1989
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Journal article
Actually, Eoetvoes did publish his results in 1910, it's just that no one knows about it
Creators
- 1. Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, University of California, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545 and Niels Bohr Institutet, University of Copenhagen, Blegdamsvej 17, 2100 Copenhagen Oe, Denmark
Description
Actually Eoetvoes did publish his results in 1910, but no one knows about it because it was added at the end of a geophysics paper published in the proceedings of an international conference. After a short review of Eoetvoes' life, this article reports how the first publication of the results of his famous experiment was ''lost.'' This and other historical curiosities about his work are related to the current interest in his results and modern theories of quantum gravity. The appendices explain how the Eoetvoes balance works and also describe the controversy over the modern reanalysis of Eoetvoes' results
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- American Journal of Physics
- Journal Volume
- 57
- Journal Issue
- 5
- Series
- Am. J. Phys.
- Journal Page Range
- 397-404
- ISSN
- 0002-9505
- CODEN
- AJPIA
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 20046823
- Subject category
- S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
- Descriptors DEI
- BALANCES; EQUIVALENCE PRINCIPLE; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; GRAVIMETRY; GRAVITATION; HISTORICAL ASPECTS
- Descriptors DEC
- MAGNETIC FIELDS; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; WEIGHT INDICATORS