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The heavens above: a popular handbook of astronomy (1882)

Gillet, J. A. (Joseph Anthony), 1837-1908 · New York, Chicago, Potter, Ainsworth, & Co. · leaf 187

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he spectrum of many lineswhich we find to be present at our highest temperature. Lockyer maintains that the reason why no trace of the spec-tral lines of certain of our so-called elements is found in thesolar atmosphere is, that these substances are not really elemen-tary, and that the intense heat… … Fig. 183. US, the pitch of its note becomes somewhat higher thanwhen the body is stationary; and, when such a body ismoving rapidly from us, the pitch of its note is loweredsomewhat. We have a good illustration of this change ofpitch at a country railway station on the passage of anexpress-train.…

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