 This news was to me like the coming upon a spring of water in a dry and thirsty land. Here at last presented itself the very order of work for which in an indefinite way I was looking — namely, to extend his novel methods of research upon the sun to...  Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society - Page 263by Royal Astronomical Society - 1911Full view - About this book
 | Fred Watson - 2004 - 368 pages
...splendid new telescope, he heard of Kirchhoff's detailed analysis of the solar spectrum. This news was to me like the coming upon a spring of water in a dry and thirsty land [he wrote in 1897]. Here at last presented itself the very order of work for which in an indefinite... | |
 | Malcolm S. Longair - 2006 - 453 pages
...Kirchhoff's great papers of 1861 to 1863 on the chemical composition of the solar atmosphere. In his words,2 This news came to me like the coming upon a spring...work for which in an indefinite way I was looking for - namely, to extend his novel methods of research upon the Sun to the other heavenly bodies. Huggins... | |
 | Royal Society (Great Britain) - 1912 - 742 pages
...composition of the sun from the interpretation of the Fraunhofer lines. This news was to me like the coining upon a spring of water in a dry and thirsty land....order of work for which in an indefinite way I was longing — namely, to extend his novel methods of research upon the sun to the other heavenly bodies."... | |
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