Space Time and Gravitation (original) (raw)

SPACETIME

AND

GRAVITATION

An Outline of the General
Relativity Theory

by

A. S. Eddington, M.A., M.Sc., F.R.S.

Plumian Professor of Astronomy and Experimental
Philosophy, Cambridge

CAMBRIDGE
AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS
1920

Cambridge University Press

C. F. Clay, Manager

London : Fetter Lane, E.C. 4

New York : The Macmillan Co.

Toronto : The Macmillan Co. Of Canada, Ltd.

Tokyo : Maruzen-Kabushiki-Kaisha

All Rights Reserved

ECLIPSE INSTRUMENTS AT SOBRAL

Contents

  1. Eclipse Instruments at Sobral................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ Frontispiece
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