Transcript Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series A

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May 29, 1919 solar eclipse - magnified 281 times. The red
dot shows where the star’s position should have been had
the sun not been present. Royal Observatory, Greenwich
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This is a photograph of one of the stars measured during
the May 29, 1919 solar eclipse to confirm Einstein’s light
deflection. The image has been magnified 281 times. The
red dot shows where the star’s position should have been
had the sun not been present. (Courtesy: Royal
Observatory, Greenwich)
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Negative of the 1919 solar eclipse taken from the report of Sir Arthur
Eddington on the expedition to verify Einstein's prediction of the
bending of light around the sun. For positive version, see Image:1919
eclipse positive.jpg.
Original caption:
In Plate 1 is given a half-tone reproduction of one of the
negatives taken with the 4-inch lens at Sobral. This shows the
position of the stars, and, as far as possible in a reproduction of
this kind, the character of the images, as there has been no
retouching. A number of photographic prints have been made
and applications for these from astronomers, who wish to assure
themselves of the quality of the photographs, will be considered
as as far as possible acceded to.
Source:
F. W. Dyson, A. S. Eddington, and C. Davidson, "A Determination
of the Deflection of Light by the Sun's Gravitational Field, from
Observations Made at the Total Eclipse of May 29, 1919"
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series
A, Containing Papers of a Mathematical or Physical Character
(1920): 291-333, on 332.
Public domain in the United States because of age (published before
1923).
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