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Solar Eclipse Relativity Test

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

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1919Date range
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Chronological records

1919

Albert Einstein29 May 1919

Principe and Sobral · Science / Astronomy

British eclipse expeditions photograph stars near the Sun to test Einstein's predicted gravitational deflection.

Names involved

Albert Einstein

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