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Einstein’s Theory of Relativity Proven in Australia, – Inside the Collection
22 Aug After being refused by his boss Freundlich wrote to William Wallace Campbell, a pioneer in solar eclipse photography, at the Lick Observatory in USA.
He asked him to come to Russia and prove or disprove Einstein's theory. As a result Freundlich and Campbell both made their way to Russia in with.
He was made a director of Lick Observatory from to In August , Campbell and Erwin Freundlich of the Berlin Observatory were in Russia to photograph a solar eclipse, in an early attempt to test the validity of Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity.
The outbreak of World War I (and in particular Germany's.
Description:P Photographic print, Wallal eclipse expedition unloading boat, Wallal, Australia, In late August a group of astronomers, naval men, and Aboriginal stockmen began the arduous task of unloading their complicated scientific equipment and stores from boats onto a deserted beach on the coast of Western Australia. The shallow nature of the approach meant the boats were anchored three or four miles from the high-water line and the stores, after being brought to shore, were then transported by donkey wagons to the observation site at Wallal. To do this they would have to photograph the light from stars bending around the sun and then measure their placement extremely accurately. At stake was the whole concept of universe as envisaged by Sir Isaac Newton over years before. Everyone involved in the project was well aware of how difficult this task was and that they were only one of eight other astronomical expeditions who were also setting up their equipment at sites across Australia. The largest group of observers, based near the Wallal post and telegraph station consisted of three international parties, the Lick Observatory party, under the direction of W.
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