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posted by Fnord666 on Monday September 24 2018, @07:32AM   Printer-friendly
from the photo-developers-were-flush-with-excitement-dept. dept.

Einstein's general theory of relativity passed first test at what is now an Australian lawn bowls club toilet:

Einstein's general theory of relativity is one of humankind's greatest achievements, and the theory passed its first test in what is now part of Broome's lawn bowls club in far north-west Australia.

Historian Robyn Wells was delighted to realise her local bowling club had played a fundamental part in such a significant historical moment.

"This building still exists," Ms Wells said.

"It was the radio station and now is the Broome Bowling Club. And is actually the ladies' and gentlemen's toilets."

A major scientific expedition had been mounted in 1922 to photograph an eclipse of the sun at Wallal, 350 kilometres south of Broome.

The photographic plates were brought back to Broome and developed in the radio station building, where they provided conclusive proof that the sun caused space to curve, passing the first test in verifying Einstein's theory.

Going over historical documents from the time, Ms Wells realised the place where observational evidence of general relativity was first gathered is now the Broome Bowling Club.

"I did more research and just made absolutely sure this is the building, and it is."


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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by driverless on Monday September 24 2018, @01:17PM (4 children)

    by driverless (4770) on Monday September 24 2018, @01:17PM (#739150)

    Yeah, but that was in São Tomé und Príncipe, not Australia. Australia has Crocodile Dundee, Mel Gibson, and Russell Crowe, all of whom have appeared in major Hollywood movies, while the US has never bombed, caused a revolution in, or invaded São Tomé, so no-one in the US knows where it is, or possibly even that it exists.

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  • (Score: 2) by inertnet on Monday September 24 2018, @02:15PM

    by inertnet (4071) on Monday September 24 2018, @02:15PM (#739166) Journal

    It could have been a relative, for relativity's sake.

  • (Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Monday September 24 2018, @04:57PM

    by DeathMonkey (1380) on Monday September 24 2018, @04:57PM (#739257) Journal

    while the US has never bombed, caused a revolution in, or invaded

    Don't worry, we don't know where any of those places are, either.

  • (Score: 2) by PartTimeZombie on Monday September 24 2018, @09:43PM (1 child)

    by PartTimeZombie (4827) on Monday September 24 2018, @09:43PM (#739420)

    Ahem.

    Russell Crowe is a Kiwi.

    We're OK with the Aussies claiming him though.

    • (Score: 2) by deimtee on Tuesday September 25 2018, @01:18AM

      by deimtee (3272) on Tuesday September 25 2018, @01:18AM (#739476) Journal

      No, no, we insist, you keep him.

      --
      If you cough while drinking cheap red wine it really cleans out your sinuses.