https://doi.org/10.1140/epjh/s13129-021-00027-4
Regular Article
Henry Cavendish and the effect of gravity on propagation of light: a postscript
Friedrich Schiller Universität Jena, Physikalisch-Astronomische Fakultät, Jena, Germany
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silvia.simionato@uni-jena.de
Received:
21
April
2021
Accepted:
13
August
2021
Published online:
2
September
2021
This paper is devoted to two hitherto unpublished original documents by Henry Cavendish (1731–1810) which provide insight into his calculations of the deflection of light by isolated celestial bodies. Together with a transcription of these documents, we comment on their contents in the present-day language of physics. Moreover, we compare them with a paper by Johann Georg von Soldner (1776–1833) on the same subject.
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