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" ... hydrogen in Sirius or in Vega. Iron from our mines was line-matched, light for dark, with stellar iron from opposite parts of the celestial sphere. Sodium, which upon the earth is always present with us, was found to be widely diffused through the... "
Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific - Page 247
by Astronomical Society of the Pacific - 1900
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Littell's Living Age, Volume 214

1897 - 918 pages
...earth is always present with us, was found to be widely diffused through the celestial spaces. This time was, Indeed, one of strained expectation and...every night's work was red-lettered by some discovery. And yet, notwithstanding, we had to record "that the Inquiry In which we had been engaged has been...
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Essays in Astronomy

1900 - 600 pages
...earth is always present with us, was found to be widely diffused through the celestial spaces. This time was, indeed, one of strained expectation and...every night's work was red-lettered by some discovery. And yet, notwithstanding, we had to record that " the inquiry in which we have been engaged has been...
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Report of the Annual Meeting of the South African Association for ..., Volume 18

1922 - 606 pages
...in Italy, and Vogel in Germany were the pioneers in this "New Astronomy." In the words of Huggins: "The time was, indeed, one of strained expectation...every night's work was red-lettered by some discovery. And yet, nothwithstanding, we had to record that the enquiry in which we had been engaged has been...
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Modern Theories of the Universe: From Herschel to Hubble

Michael J. Crowe - 1994 - 468 pages
...chemistry was brought into direct touch with celestial chemistry. . . . This time was, indeed, one ... of scientific exaltation for the astronomer, almost...night's work was red-lettered by some discovery.* Huggins and Miller made numerous spectroscopic observations of stars and planets, achieving many interesting...
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James Lick's Monument: The Saga of Captain Richard Floyd and the Building of ...

Helen Wright - 2003 - 252 pages
...had done and his hopes for the future, Floyd shared his excitement. "The time," Huggins was to write, "was indeed one of strained expectation and of scientific...night's work was red-lettered by some discovery." l9 Just at this time, using a dry gelatin plate with his reflecting telescope, Huggins succeeded in...
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The Nineteenth Century, Volume 41

1897 - 1074 pages
...earth is always present with us, was found to be widely diffused through the celestial spaces. This time was, indeed, one of strained expectation and...every night's work was red-lettered by some discovery. And yet, notwithstanding, we had to record ' that the inquiry in which we had been engaged has been...
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