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Solar eclipse
Arthur S. Eddington, photographer
Contributor
Arthur S. Eddington, photographer
Identifier
EB 225
Subject
Date
1919
Type
Image
Format
Sepia
Repository
Shelby White and Leon Levy Archives Center, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, NJ, USA
Collection
Margot Einstein and Helen Dukas collection on Albert Einstein
Rights
Permission to use this image must be requested from the Institute's Archives. Please contact archives@ias.edu.
Description
The images taken by Arthur S. Eddington on May 29, 1919, of a total solar eclipse were the earliest empirical tests seeking confirmation of Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity. Text appears on the front (in reverse) and back of this print. The verso text, in French, reads: Eclipse totale de soleil, 29 Mai 1919, Couronne, exp. 12 sec.
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