 | Royal Society (Great Britain) - 1868 - 646 pages
...moving towards or from the Earth." By WILLIAM HUOGIN8, FR8. Received April 23, 1868. (Abstract.) ยง I. Introduction. The author states that at the time...constitution of the investing atmospheres of the stars, but that they might possibly serve to reveal something of the motions of the stars relatively to our system.... | |
 | Royal Society (Great Britain) - 1868 - 662 pages
...Observations on the Spectra of the Fixed Stars," made jointly by himself and Dr. W. A. Miller, Treas. US, they were fully aware that the direct comparisons...constitution of the investing atmospheres of the stars, but that they might possibly serve to reveal something of the motions of the stars relatively to our system.... | |
 | Royal Society (Great Britain) - 1868 - 654 pages
...Observations on the Spectra of the Fixed Stars," made jointly by himself and Dr. W. A. Miller, Treas. ES, they were fully aware that the direct comparisons...constitution of the investing atmospheres of the stars, but that they might possibly serve to reveal something of the motions of the stars relatively to our system.... | |
 | sir Henry Enfield Roscoe - 1869 - 396 pages
...method by which we had succeeded during the years 1862 and 18G3 in making trustworthy simultaneous comparisons of the bright lines of terrestrial substances with the dark lines in the spectra of some of the fixed stars. We were at the time fully aware that these direct comparisons were not only... | |
 | Henry Enfield Roscoe - 1870 - 514 pages
...method by which we had succeeded during the years 1802 and 1863 in making trustworthy simultaneous comparisons of the bright lines of terrestrial substances with the dark lines in the spectra of some of the fixed stars. We were at the time fully aware that these direct comparisons were not only... | |
 | Henry Enfield Roscoe - 1873 - 542 pages
...method by which we had succeeded during the years 1862 and 18C3 in making trustworthy simultaneous comparisons of the bright lines of terrestrial substances with the dark lines in the spectra of some of the fixed stars. We were at the time fully aware that these direct comparisons were not only... | |
 | 1885 - 322 pages
...attention, as well as that of Dr. Miller, so early as 1862, while they were engaged on the comparison of the bright lines of terrestrial substances with the dark lines in the spectra of a few of the principal stars. Owing, however, to the insufficiency of the apparatus in these early... | |
 | Royal Astronomical Society - 1833 - 572 pages
...attention of himself and Dr. Miller so early as 1862 ; foiwhile engaged in that year on the comparison of the bright lines of terrestrial substances with the dark lines in the spectra of a few of the principal stars, with the object of obtaining information on their chemical composition,... | |
 | Royal Astronomical Society - 1885 - 572 pages
...attention of himself and Dr. Miller so early as 1862 ; for while engaged in that year on the comparison of the bright lines of terrestrial substances with the dark lines in the spectra of a few of the principal stars, with the object of obtaining information on their chemical composition,... | |
 | 1885 - 600 pages
...attention of bimself and Dr. Miller so early as 1862 ; for while engaged in that year on the comparison of the bright lines of terrestrial substances with the dark lines in the spectra of a few of the principal stars, with the object of obtaining in-formation on their chemical composition,... | |
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... were not only of value for the more immediate purpose for which they had been undertaken, namely, to obtain information of the chemical constitution of the investing atmospheres of the stars, but that they might possibly serve to reveal something... 
