On November 6, at the meeting of the Royal Society, the result was announced. The Sobral expedition reported 1.98; the Principe expedition 1.62. The average was 1.8. Einstein had predicted 1.75, Newton might have predicted 0.75, and the orthodox scientists would have predicted 0. There could now no longer be any question as to which of the three theories rested on a sure foundation. To quote Sir Frank Dyson, the Astronomer Royal: "After a careful study of the plates I am prepared to say that there can be no doubt that they confirm Einstein's prediction. A very definite result has been obtained that light is deflected in accordance with Einstein's law of gravitation." [5] Where Did Einstein Get His Idea of Gravitation? In 1905 Einstein published the first of a series of papers supporting and extending a theory of time and space to which the name "the theory of relativity" had been given. These views as expounded by Einstein came into direct conflict with Newton's ideas of time and space, and also with Newton's law of gravitation. Since Einstein had more faith in his theory of relativity than in Newton's theory of gravitation, Einstein so changed the latter as to make it harmonize with the former. More will be said on this subject. Let not the reader misunderstand. Newton was not wholly in the wrong; he was only approximately right. With the knowledge existing in Newton's day Newton could have done no more than he did; no mortal could have done more. But since Newton's day physics--and science in general--has advanced in great strides, and Einstein can interpret present-day knowledge in the same masterful fashion that Newton could in his day. With more facts to build upon, Einstein's law of gravitation is more universal than Newton's; it really includes Newton's. But now we must turn our attention very briefly to the theory of relativity--the theory that led up to Einstein's law of gravitation. The Theory of Relativity. The story goes that Einstein was led to his ideas by watching a man fall from a roof. This story bears a striking similarity to Newton and the apple. Perhaps one is as true as the other. [6] However that may be, the principle of relativity is as old as philosophical thought, for it denies the possibility of measuring absolute time, or absolute space. All things are relative. We say that it takes a "long time" to get from New York to Albany; long as compared to what? long, perhaps, as compared to the time it takes to go from New York City to Brooklyn. We say the White House is "large"; large when compared to a room in an apartment. But we can just as well reverse our ideas of time and distance. The time it takes to go from New York to Albany is "short" when compared to the time it takes to go from New York to San Francisco. The size of the White House is "small" when compared to the size of the city of Washington.