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The strange and admittedly not comparison standard of mass entirely "real" work of mathema- with which to compare first the tical formulae inhabited by modern mass of the kilogramme, by relatiu physicists is, like the universe it-vity theory-an "ideal uniform dis self, continually expanding. As it, tribution of matter a sort of grows it becomes, on the whole, aether." This distribution is in- more intelligible to those whose troduced as the most convenight conception-or, according some intermediary for the purposes of philosophies, creation-it is. But, mathematical calculation it is not unfortunately it also becomes less supposed that such an aether aet- and less accessible to such dazing "mally exists. The mass of this A laymen as desire to make tours into "comparison aether," as Sir Arthur its boundless regions,

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The two roots of this equation atoms are composed, their · raaases are regarded by physicists as two give the masses of the proton and

respectively. They of the most fundamental constante electron in Nature. The mass of an elec- found to be in the ratio of 1847.6 to tron has been calculated to be 1. In other words, Sir Arthur about 10-27 of a gramme (In plain Eddington has shown that a proton English this means something less is nearly two thousand times a than a billion-billionth of a gram- "heavy" as an electron, me, but the precise size plainly

The union of quantum theory and of no consequence to the ne relativity theory comes about be

Sir Arthur's comparison mathematician.) However, to define cause afundamental unit in terms of aether is already indirectly referred anything so arbitrary and man- to in both theories, though it had made as a gramme, which is mea not hitherto been realised that For sured merely in comparison with 4 they had this in common. piece of platinum-the standard, the benefit of those who are fami- kilogramme kept at Sevres liar with Sir Arthur Eddington's THE Undersigned bare receivei highly distasteful to a pure math

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matician. The object which conception of a Arthur Eddington has now achievant." which determines the cur ed has been to relate the mass of Tature of spece-time, I may also mention here that the quantity m. the electron with the fundamentals the mass of the uniform distri- consante of relativity and of astrobation of matter which would give nomy such as the radius of the the "natural" curvature of space universe and the speed at which time if the latter were affected only the galaxies, or spiral nebulae, re cede from one another. And here I will give the words with which he opened bis address to the Royal Society.

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The most vital proof of Sir Arthur Eddington's brilliance bas been the striking verification; by astronomical observation, of pre

If we set to work to determine dictions which he has beeed purely on mathematical theory. Now be the mass of the electron by obser- has achieved yet another triumph vation," he said. "we must perform of vertification (though this time some experiment in which both at the theory follows the observation), electron and the lump of metal call-for his new equation and the for- ed the standard kilogramme are mula for myield for this vexity involved. In practice this experi-.

s maximum value of 780 kilometres ment is a long chain of experimente per second per megaparsec, which i stretching from the electron to the is in good" "accordance with 'the'

алу kilogramme; if one link is value found by observation. missing the determination is void.

As to the huge number 1079, which

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just one pare number which is "So, for each link there must be known only by observation and has not only observations, but a theory, no theoretical explanation. It is a as to what the observations are very large number, about 1079, and about. At the kilogramme end the the present theory indicates that it theory is macroscopic classical me is the number of particles in the chanks, or, for greater refinement universe. It may seem to you odd relativity theory; at the electron that this number should come into end it is microscopic theory; at the the various constants mich na the electron end it microscopic quan- constants of gravitation. You may tum mechanics; but there must say, how on earth can the number always be one link where the trans- of particles in remote parts of the ition from macroscopic to micros universe affect the Cavendish ex- copic magnitudes occurs where the periment on the attraction of metal theory has one foot in macroscopic spheres in a laboratory? I do not mechanics and one foot in micros- think they affect it at all. But the copic mechanics. It is to this link Cavendish and other experiments that the present investigation is having given the result they did. we directed."

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