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... corresponds to a spectrum compounded of several prismatic lines . So far the analogy may be followed . But we cannot reasonably extend the analogy so far as to assert that there is anything in the theory of colours corresponding to the ...
... corresponds to a spectrum compounded of several prismatic lines . So far the analogy may be followed . But we cannot reasonably extend the analogy so far as to assert that there is anything in the theory of colours corresponding to the ...
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... corresponds with a set be- longing to a known gas , can cause his spectroscope to show both sets side by side ; then if the lines of the two sets agree exactly , line for line ( so that each line of one set is in the same line with one ...
... corresponds with a set be- longing to a known gas , can cause his spectroscope to show both sets side by side ; then if the lines of the two sets agree exactly , line for line ( so that each line of one set is in the same line with one ...
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... correspond exactly , does he conclude that the particular substance which produces the dark lines exists in the atmosphere surrounding the source of that light which he is analysing . We are now upon the most important part of our ...
... correspond exactly , does he conclude that the particular substance which produces the dark lines exists in the atmosphere surrounding the source of that light which he is analysing . We are now upon the most important part of our ...
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... corresponds with the brightest line of the set of three where that number can be seen . But the number of dark - line spectra seems almost illimitable . Every star has its own peculiar spectrum , as distinct from that of any other star ...
... corresponds with the brightest line of the set of three where that number can be seen . But the number of dark - line spectra seems almost illimitable . Every star has its own peculiar spectrum , as distinct from that of any other star ...
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... corresponding peculiarity ought to affect the light of a star , which , either through its own motion or ours ( or both ) , was very rapidly approaching or receding . In the former case its light , he reasoned , ought to be bluish , in ...
... corresponding peculiarity ought to affect the light of a star , which , either through its own motion or ours ( or both ) , was very rapidly approaching or receding . In the former case its light , he reasoned , ought to be bluish , in ...
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