Eclipsed by history : underrecognized contributions to early british solar eclipse expeditions
Date
24/05/2023Metadata
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Solar eclipse expeditions in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries led to new scientific knowledge that is often credited to prominent male scientists such as Einstein and Eddington. Results generated by named individuals nonetheless depended on the collective effort of scientific administrators, government functionaries, manual labourers, domestic assistants, naval crew members and others. Much substantive work, essential to the success of the scientific ventures, was often done by people local to the observing stations. This paper focuses on British solar eclipse expeditions in 1889 and 1919 to highlight ways in which contributions of women and of people in colonized lands have been underrecognized by the expeditioners and in subsequent narratives about them.
Citation
Beckles , J & Kent , D 2023 , ' Eclipsed by history : underrecognized contributions to early british solar eclipse expeditions ' , Notes and Records of the Royal Society , vol. Ahead of Print . https://doi.org/10.1098/rsnr.2023.0001
Publication
Notes and Records of the Royal Society
Status
Peer reviewed
ISSN
0035-9149Type
Journal article
Description
Funding: Royal Astronomical Society - History of Astronomy Summer Research Bursary.Collections
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