Salt Lake Telegram | 1923-02-08 | Page 15 | Astronomer Claims Proof Atom Forms Universal Unit

ASTRONOMER CLAIMS I PROOF ATOM ATOll FORMS UNIVERSAL UNIT SEATTLE Wash Va Feb 8 Dr DI Dr r S. S Plaskett astronomer in Jn charge o oi ot the chei I Dominion Observatory near Victoria B. B C. C anno announced here today that he be e had proved that thc the atom Is the unit of ot construction throughout the uni uni- verse The theory that atoms of the sun those of the and stars are the same as earth has been held for Cor years years by astronomers as- as as astronomers Dr and declared de declared declared de- de I as that by measuring atoms In distant die dis tant bodies he had proved the theory correct This measurement was attained at I tamed by b- analyzing light coming from I the bodies Dr 1 lask tt said that he had prepared pre pre- prepared pared a treatise ex expounding his pre pre-I discovery discovery dis dis- discovery dis- dis covery for circulation among scientists of the world