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Died. Francis Gladheim Pease, 57, astronomer of Mt. Wilson Observatory; after an intestinal operation; in Pasadena, Calif. Dr. Pease, who was one of the first to measure the diameters of stars, designed a 100-inch telescope, completed the experiments of Chicago University's Albert Abraham Michelson in light-speed calibration...
...fundamental constant. Ten years ago Physicist Albert Abraham Michelson clocked the velocity of light between two mountains in California, got an average result of 186,284.45 mi. per sec. For further precision he built a mile-long vacuum tube. Before the measurements were complete he died. Grizzled Dr. Francis Gladheim Pease of Mt. Wilson and Fred Pearson, longtime Michelson assistant, carried on. Two years ago they announced that their measurements were showing systematic variations, an astounding situation which raised the question of whether light speed was a constant after all (TIME...
...back. The essential calculation was simple, involved only the speed of the rotating mirror, the number of facets, the length of the tube. But Dr. Michelson. insisting on precision, working feverishly against the paralysis creeping upon him, died before his tests were complete (TIME, May 18, 1931). Dr. Francis Gladheim Pease of Mt. Wilson Observatory and Fred Pearson, longtime and loyal Michelson assistant, went on spinning the mirror, looking through the eyepiece, making charts...
...nerve wrought Dr. Michelson was. But no one could keep him from his work, not his wife, nor his four children, nor associates. He worked feverishly. His nerves broke down. He dared not travel between cottage and tube. Yet Fred Pearson, his long time assistant, and Dr. Francis Gladheim Pease of the Mount Wilson Observatory, who were running his lights and mirrors for him, brought him their observations. Together they calculated and recalculated...
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