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ASSUMING the validity of the theory published by Sir Arthur Eddington recently1, and assuming his suggestion that we have exactly, I have deduced an estimate of the Universal Gravitational Constant G, using only the following experimental data: The value I obtain is: This does not agree well with Heyl's values, namely: but is in excellent agreement with the values of C. V. Boys and Carl Braun, namely6:
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BOND, W. The Value of G. Nature 137, 317 (1936). https://doi.org/10.1038/137317a0
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