The death has occurred, at the age of 89, of Mr. Leonard Cockayne, botanist and forestry expert, and author of several books on vegete: tion and plant life in New Zealand and of many memoirs on eco logical botany, evolution and so forth—Reuter.
'These experiments, the paper reports, definitely prove that Prof. 'Michelson's principle of invariability the velocity of light waves, on which Prof. Einstein based" his theory, does' not exist.
Accordingly, "Lo Matin" says, sit the conclusions "drawn by Prot. Einstein from Michelson' ments are no longer valid, Fr, J. G. Franceschi Vatican City, July 9.
The death occurred this morning of Father Joseph Gian Franceschi, Director of the Radio Station at the Vatican City—Havas.
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