Leopold Courvoisier
Leopold Courvoisier (1873–1955) was a Swiss astronomer. He was born in Riehen, Switzerland, near Basel.[1] He was the chief observer at the observatory in Babelsberg (near Berlin) from 1905 to 1938.
Work[]
Besides many contributions to observational astronomy, he attempted to detect the absolute motion of the solar system through the ether, using a variety of methods, both astronomical and experimental.[2] However, his work was largely ignored by the scientific community.
Notes and references[]
- ^ Astronomische Nachrichten, volume 284, p.47
- ^ Martins, Roberto de Andrade. Searching for the Ether: Leopold Courvoiser’s Attempts to Measure the Absolute Velocity of the Solar System. Dio, 17, pp. 3-33, 2011.
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- 19th-century Swiss astronomers
- 1873 births
- 1955 deaths
- People from Riehen
- 20th-century Swiss astronomers
- European astronomer stubs
- Swiss scientist stubs