Hubbles Law
Humason provides redshift measurements used by Hubble to support the velocity distance relation
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1929 in United States of America — Page 2
Explore 58 historical events and records for United States of America in 1929.
Historical records for United States of America in 1929
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Love and Saint Augustine
Arendt published her dissertation on the concept of love in Augustine's thought.
Marriage to Gunther Stern
Arendt married philosopher Günther Stern, later known as Günther Anders.
Messier 31 as a Stellar System
Hubble publishes his extensive Astrophysical Journal study of Messier 31 as a stellar system, analysing its resolved stars, variables and structure as an external galaxy.
On the Curvature of Space
Hubble publishes a short Carnegie Institution article on the curvature of space, relating extragalactic observations to questions about the geometry and scale of the universe.
Polarized Electron Scattering Data
Records low-energy electron scattering data later recognized as evidence of significant electron polarization.
Preliminary Estimate of the Coma Cluster
Hubble publishes a preliminary estimate of the Coma cluster of nebulae in Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, extending his quantitative work to a rich galaxy cluster.
President of USA
Appointed President of the USA, 31st President
Reparations
Appointed Chairman of the Reparations Committee
Secretary of State
Appointed Secretary of State
The Exploration of Space
Hubble publishes The Exploration of Space in Harper's Monthly Magazine, explaining to a broad audience how observations of nebulae were transforming knowledge of the universe beyond the Milky Way.
The Structure of the Universe - A Clue
Hubble writes The Structure of the Universe - A Clue for the Carnegie Institution news service, presenting contemporary observational evidence about the large-scale organisation of galaxies.
Treaty of Naval
The USA & Great Britain sign an agreement for complete parity in all naval vessels
Unified Field Theory and Hamilton Principle
Publishes a unified field formulation based on distant parallelism and Hamilton's principle, continuing his search for equations joining gravitational and electromagnetic fields.
Unified Field Theory Publication
Publishes a widely publicized unified-field theory based on teleparallel geometry.
Velocity-Distance Relation
Hubble publishes observational evidence for a roughly linear relation between the distances of external galaxies and their radial velocities. The relation is now commonly called the Hubble-Lemaitre law.
Vice President
Appointed Vice President of the USA
Wall Street Crash Market Coverage
The stock market crash in New York triggered enormous public demand for financial reporting and explanations of the crisis.
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