Salt Lake Tribune | 1919-10-28 | Page 2 | Savant Attacks Newton Theory

IffllTffiEIS Professor Maiorana Declares De-clares It to Be Approximate Approxi-mate Hypothesis. ROML, Sunday, Oct. 2G. Newton's theory of gravitation was attacked by Professor Maiorana today before a meeting meet-ing of prominent scientists here. He declared de-clared exuerimeius lie hart performed had upset the. hitherto accepted laws govern-! govern-! ing the motions of celestial bodies., Newton's theory, while hitherto considered con-sidered absolute, is only an approximate hypothesis, according to Professor Maio- ; rana, who supports till is assertion by j showing that a bail of lead floating in mereurv becomes slightly lighter. From this the professor deduces four things: First, that bodies have both a true and an apparent mass, the true mass of the sun being double the apparent mass. , Second, that the stars attract other bodies with forces entirely different from those thus far admitted to exist. Third, that the solar heat of stars is generated by the force of gravitation emanating from interior strata. From tnis he argues the solar system has had an immensely longer life than has been believed. Fourth, that the evolution of i in: world has been closely linked to the phenomenon phenome-non which he has discovered. P ro f e s sor 7 I a i o ra n a explains by this means the fa ft that all stars are more or less luminous and claims that his I heory will bring about a revolution Jn a strophysieal side nee.