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" I was looking, — namely, to extend his novel methods of research upon the Sun to the other heavenly bodies. A feeling as of inspiration seized me. I felt as if I had it now in my power to lift a veil which had never before been lifted ; as if a key... "
Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution - Page 308
by Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents - 1911
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Littell's Living Age, Volume 214

1897 - 918 pages
...constitution of the sun from his Interpretation of the Frannhofer lines. This news was to me like the coining upon a spring of water in a dry and thirsty land....this time that I happened to meet at a soiree of the Pharmaceutical Society, where spectroscopes were shown, my friend and neighbor, Dr. \> . Allen Miller,...
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Essays in Astronomy

1900 - 600 pages
...many of the problems of the heavenly bodies filled my mind, that the news reached me of Kirchhoff's great discovery of the true nature and the chemical...this time that I happened to meet at a soiree of the Pharmaceutical Society, where spectroscopes were shown, my friend and neighbour, Dr. W. Allen Miller,...
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Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Volumes 21-22

Astronomical Society of the Pacific - 1909 - 614 pages
...would unlock a door which had been regarded as forever closed to man — the veil and door behind1 which lay the unknown mystery of the true nature of...this time that I happened to meet at a soiree of the Pharmaceutical Society, where spectroscopes were shown my friend and neighbor, Dr. W. ALLEN MILLER,...
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Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Volume 22

Astronomical Society of the Pacific - 1910 - 316 pages
...many of the problems of the heavenly bodies filled my mind, that the news reached me of KIRCH HOFF'S great discovery of the true nature and the chemical...this time that I happened to meet at a soiree of the Pharmaceutical Society, where spectroscopes were shown my friend and neighbor, Dr. W. ALLEN MILLER,...
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Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents - 1911 - 840 pages
...many of the problems of the heavenly bodies filled my mind, that the news reached me of KlrehhofFs great discovery of the true nature and the chemical...this time that I happened to meet at a soiree of the phnrma-' ceutical society, where spectroscopes were shown, my friend and neighbor. Dr. W. Allen Miller,...
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Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents - 1911 - 850 pages
...behind which lay the unknown mystery of the true nature of the heavenly bodies. This was es[>ecially work for which I was to a great extent prepared, from...King's College, who had already worked much on chemical spectrosoopy. A sudden impulse seized me to suggest to him that we should return home together. On...
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The Twentieth Century, Volume 41

1897 - 1044 pages
...as if a key had been put into my hands which would unlock a door which had been regarded as for ever closed to man — the veil and door behind which lay...this time that I happened to meet at a soiree of the Pharmaceutical Society, where spectroscopes were shown, my friend and neighbour, Dr. W. Allen Miller,...
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The Nineteenth Century, Volume 41

1897 - 1074 pages
...as if a key had been put into my hands which would unlock a door which had been regarded as for ever closed to man — the veil and door behind which lay...this time that I happened to meet at a soiree of the Pharmaceutical Society, where spectroscopes were shown, my friend and neighbour, Dr. W. Allen Miller,...
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