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Relativity Eclipse Results Announced

Germany · Science / Astronomy. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1919

Albert Einstein6 November 1919

London · Science / Astronomy

Royal Society and Royal Astronomical Society report eclipse results supporting Einstein's general relativity.

Names involved

Albert Einstein

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