Published May 1989 | Version v1
Journal article

Actually, Eoetvoes did publish his results in 1910, it's just that no one knows about it

  • 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

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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