THE 1922 SOLAR ECLIPSE AT CHRISTMAS ISLAND: &amp;quot;OUR DISAPPOINTMENT IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO DESCRIBE&amp;quot;
Journal: Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage
Year: 2022

The 21 September 1922 total eclipse of the Sun offered the next opportunity to obtain the measurements of the deflection of starlight that could confirm Einstein's General Theory of Relativity and the results obtained during the 1919 eclipse. The Royal Observatory, Greenwich, mounted an expedition to Christmas Island, 350km off the coast of Java, whose work programme also included photographic photometry of southern stars. There they were joined in a spirit of 'friendly rivalry' by a Dutch-Germa