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Astronomy for the use of schools and academies (1882)

Gillet, J. A. (Joseph Anthony), 1837-1908, Rolfe, W. J. (William James), 1827-1910 · New York : Potter, Ainsworth, & Co. · leaf 232

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ity farbelow that of hydrogen, which is the lightest substance ofwhich we have any knowledge. I can hardly be an alio- ASTRONOMY. 209 tropic form of any terrestrial element, as some scientists havesuggested: for in the most violent disturbances in prominencesand near sun-spots, when the lines of… … Fig. 22Q. For the present it remains, like a few other lines in the spec-trum, an unexplained mystery. Besides bright lines, the corona shows also a faint continu-ous spectrum, in which have been observed a few of the moreprominent dark lines of the solar spectrum. This shows, that, while the…

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