Reference number | MC/32/153 |
Alternative reference number | 17153 |
Level | Item |
Title | Short Report from [Alfred] Fowler, Joint Permanent Eclipse Committee, to the [Royal Society] |
Creator | Fowler; Alfred (1868 - 1940); astrophysicist |
Date | 22 November 1917 |
Description | Short Report of the Joint Permanent Eclipse Committee for the year ending 30 November 1917 informing that the Committee's attention has been drawn by the Astronomer Royal to the importance of the Eclipse of May 191, affording a specially favourable opportunity for testing the deflection of a ray of light by a gravitational field, as predicted by the theory of relativity. |
Extent | 1p |
Format | Manuscript |
Physical description | Ink on paper |
Access status | Open |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | Name | Dates |
NA6169 | Fowler; Alfred (1868 - 1940); astrophysicist | 1868 - 1940 |