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

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

Description

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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Source

tsee

Date

29/05/1919

Contributor

am619@st-andrews.ac.uk

Type

Site

Identifier

11

Spatial Coverage

current,4.376111,-7.716944;

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Place

Cape Palmas

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true

Country

Liberia

Organiser

United States of America

Citation

“American Expedition to Cape Palmas to Observe the Total Solar Eclipse of May 29, 1919,” Virtual Museum, accessed March 14, 2025, https://eclipse.curious-sta.org/omeka/items/show/11.

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