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Could Eddington distinguish Newton from Einstein?
Looking for a discussion of the 1919 observations I tend to find 1. Statements that Ed & Co. were right to thro out certain data and 2. Assurances that in any case relativity has been confirmed subsequently. But what I want to know is: was the experimental margin of error so large as to prevent discrimination between Newton and Einstein?
 
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Unfortunately, in Eddington's day it was not common to report experimental errors. So you may need to look at more modern experiments, after the practice became common among the scientific community.

https://arxiv.org/abs/0904.3992
 
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Jedothek said:
But what I want to know is: was the experimental margin of error so large as to prevent discrimination between Newton and Einstein?
Probably. But, it gave the newspapers a great headline!
 
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Probably. But, it gave the newspapers a great headline!
And I think it's fair to say that Eddington's prestige precluded any real review of the results at the time. They were just accepted.
 
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