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American Expedition to Cape Palmas to Observe the Total Solar Eclipse of May 29, 1919

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An expedition organised by the Carnegie Institution of Washington also sent an expedition to Cape Palmas, Liberia, with the primary goal to investigate the magnetic effects of the Sun. They found that the eclipse had a clear influence on Earth’s magnetic field.

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