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Show Heyl Reweighing the Universe 4 k v i il ii . " ' ' ' s If lb i - ? ill N, I ' v J 111 ,u ' if i t f- fak ,, , ,, I,, ij, i ii i" ,,..t....r VJ-" Dr. Taul R. Heyl, physicist at the United States bureau of standards, nas decided to weigh the enrthj the sun, moon and stars. He Is making his tests In a dark cave 35 feet beneatli the basement of the bureau of standards. lie has suspended two accurately weighed gold balls from the end of an aluminum bar, which in turn is suspended by a light wire that allows the apparatus to rotate. Thus the balls follow a clrcubir course much like the orbit of the earth In its rotation around the sun. The apparatus is being operated by Dr. Heyl from another room in order not to affect the experiment by the heat from the body. j i |