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Re: [Phys-l] gravitational waves.



A salutary question: Einstein's account of the photoelectric effect went like this ( in translation):

"In accordance with the assumption to be considered here, the energy
of a light ray
spreading out from a point source is not continuously distributed
over an
increasing space, but consists of a finite number of energy quanta
which
are localized at points in space, which move without dividing,
and which can only be produced and absorbed as complete units."

It appeared in the same illustrious journal issue as his Relativity
materials
where he may well have been referring to existing materials such as
Lenard, /Annalen der Physik/, vol. 4, p. 149 (1902)

I am sad to see that even where Nobel Institute seeks experimental
works
to reward, the work in question may not have been his.
I suppose the same can be said for his replacement for the ammonia
cycle refrigerator
where he was apparently named on the patent as a co inventor.
Then there's the milliameter....

Brian W


On 10/28/2010 9:41 PM, Jack Uretsky wrote:
Where is it described that Einstein did experiments that led to his explanation of the photoelectric effect?
Regards,
Jack