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A Relation between the Radial Velocities of Spiral Nebulæ and the Velocity of Dissolution of Matter

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IN a letter in NATURE of Nov. 8, p. 722, Prof. A. Haas proposes to relate the rate of expansion of the universe to the rate of ‘disintegration’ of matter by using Einstein's formula,

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  1. Lemaître, Annales de la Société Scientifique de Bruxelles, 47 A, p. 49; 1927.

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MCCREA, W. A Relation between the Radial Velocities of Spiral Nebulæ and the Velocity of Dissolution of Matter. Nature 126, 881–882 (1930). https://doi.org/10.1038/126881a0

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