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British Expedition to Sobral to Observe the Total Solar Eclipse of 29 May, 1919

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The Joint Permanent Eclipse Committee in England sent two parties across the world to measure the deflection of stellar rays by the Sun's gravitational field. Their expeditions are perhaps the most famous eclipse expeditions of all time and their impact on modern physics profound.

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