Eclipsed by history: underrecognized contributions to early British solar eclipse expeditions

Solar eclipse expeditions in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries led to new scientific knowledge that is often credited to prominent male scientists such as Einstein and Eddington. Results generated by named individuals nonetheless depended on the collective effort of scientific administrat...

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Published in:Notes and records of the Royal Society of London 2024-08, Vol.78 (3), p.431-452
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