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Cosmological Theory of Gravitation

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I HAVE already described1,2 a model of a uniformly expanding universe in terms of a family of mutually receding galaxies and associated fundamental observers. It was assumed that the distance, r(t), between any pair of fundamental observers is related to their mutual recession velocity, w, and their measure of cosmic time, t, by the Hubble law where r and w are the estimates of these quantities by each fundamental observer from his light-intensity and Doppler redshift measurements, and where the present value of t is given by the reciprocal of the Hubble constant. I further assumed following McCrea3 that this system of mutually receding galaxies (the fundamental particles of our model) defines a basic reference frame or substratum for the propagation of light and indeed of all forms of energy.

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