The October 10, 1912 solar eclipse expeditions and the first attempt to measure light-bending by the Sun
History and Philosophy of Physics
2020-05-08 v1 Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Abstract
In 1911 Einstein proposed that light-bending by the Sun's gravitational field could be measured during a total solar eclipse. The first opportunity in which this measurement would be tried, was during the total solar eclipse of October 10, 1912. We report about the expeditions sent to Brazil to observe this eclipse, including the one from the C\'ordoba Observatory, from Argentina, which aimed to measure this Einstein's effect.
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@article{arxiv.2004.02026,
title = {The October 10, 1912 solar eclipse expeditions and the first attempt to measure light-bending by the Sun},
author = {Luís C. B. Crispino},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2004.02026},
year = {2020}
}
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23 pages, 29 figures, Contribution to Selected Papers of the Fifth Amazonian Symposium on Physics, to be published in IJMPD