 ... are acquainted. On the whole, we believe that the foregoing spectrum observations on the stars contribute something towards an experimental basis, on which a conclusion, hitherto but a pure speculation, may rest, viz : that at least the brighter stars...  British Almanac and Companion - Page 1011866Full view - About this book
 | Royal Institution of Cornwall - 1891 - 580 pages
...those with which we are acquainted." It may be concluded, therefore, as a very probable consequence, " that at least the brighter stars are, like our sun,...energizing centres of systems of worlds adapted to be the abodes of living beings." All the early spectroscopic observations were made by direct vision, the... | |
 | Michael J. Crowe - 1986 - 708 pages
...constitution of the living organisms of our globe, including hydrogen, sodium, magnesium, and iron. . . . On the whole we believe that the foregoing spectrum...the brighter stars are, like our sun, upholding and energising centres of systems of worlds adapted to be the abode of living beings. (p. 60) That this... | |
 | Norriss S. Hetherington - 1993 - 652 pages
...in 1 864 that their work contributed toward an "experimental basis" that the stars were "energising centres of systems of worlds adapted to be the abode of living beings." Huggins's early attempts to probe planetary atmospheres spectroscopically was the first step toward... | |
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