Argentine and German Expedition to Theodosia to Observe the Total Solar Eclipse of 21 August, 1914

Argentine and German Expedition to Theodosia to Observe the Total Solar Eclipse of 21 August, 1914

The Argentine National Observatory sent an expedition in their second attempt to measure the deflection of stellar rays by the Sun. They were meant to be joined by a expedition from the Berlin Observatory led by Freundlich, however due to the outbreak of war, the German party were arrested. Unfortunately, (for all eclipse parties in the Russian Empire), their views were again obscured by cloud. The Argentine party would later plan to perform the experiment in 1919, but the National Government refused to authorise the mission, so it didn't go ahead.

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