Leopold Courvoisier

Swiss astronomer

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[edit]

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[edit]

1. ^ Astronomische Nachrichten, volume 284, p.47
2. ^ 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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