[HN Gopher] Researchers used NYC buildings to measure the 1925 s...
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       Researchers used NYC buildings to measure the 1925 solar eclipse
        
       Author : 1970-01-01
       Score  : 38 points
       Date   : 2024-03-19 23:32 UTC (2 days ago)
        
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       | mavhc wrote:
       | They stood on the buildings and checked if the sun was completely
       | covered, nothing interesting about shadows etc
        
         | internet-name wrote:
         | I disagree. It's interesting to me that the data from the
         | observers provided this information:
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         | "Everyone above 96th Street saw the moon completely covering
         | the disk of the sun, though no one below 96th street was able
         | to do so. That experience represented a victory in measurement:
         | The eclipse's southern border could be pinpointed to within 225
         | feet, or the distance between 230 Riverside Drive and 240
         | Riverside Drive. The shadow's border was literally caught
         | between two buildings, each on its own city block."
        
           | jmole wrote:
           | Aren't the movement of the earth and sun so predictable that
           | we could have simulated this outcome to a similar degree of
           | accuracy?
        
             | burkaman wrote:
             | Experiments like this are how you confirm whether or not
             | your predictions are accurate.
        
       | andyjohnson0 wrote:
       | Grrr. They were _scientists_ , not "researchers". They may have
       | been scientists engaged in astronomical research, but that makes
       | them actual scientists.
        
         | Retric wrote:
         | Not all scientists are researchers and not all researchers are
         | scientists, these people where both. So there's nothing wrong
         | with calling them researchers.
        
           | cinntaile wrote:
           | What is the difference researchers and scientists?
        
             | Retric wrote:
             | Researchers conduct research, but that can include things
             | outside of the natural sciences like recent history. _What
             | are period appropriate clothes for people working on a
             | whaling ship?_
             | 
             | Scientist: "a person who is studying or has expert
             | knowledge of one or more of the natural or physical
             | sciences."
             | 
             | Plenty of scientists have pure educational, administrative,
             | or advisory roles. Handing out grant money for example
             | needs an expert aware of the current research.
        
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