Small though this effect is, it had been noticed before 1915 and served as one of the first confirmations of Einstein's theory.

Engels and Marx therefore saw in Morgan's ideas about the passage from one stage to another a confirmation of their general theory of social change.

But I realized that to Armstrong, the empty coffin was resounding confirmation of his own favorite theory.

What he needed was confirmation of his new theory.

Her father, who was watching her intently, smiled; her mood was to him a direct confirmation of his theory.

But most of all he was pleased that he had gotten tacit confirmation of his theory.

He thinks, without reason, that a confirmation of his theory would imply that light is not a transverse but a longitudinal wave.

That fact, more even than Steiner's many examples, is a vivid confirmation of his theory that things have gone badly.

Here was confirmation of his theory.

But before you go jumping off using this as confirmation of your theory, just remember that it is still influenza sea- son.