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Unpublished paper, 'Inferences and suggestions in cosmical and geological philosophy. Second series' by E W [Edward William] Brayley

Reference number: AP/49/1

Date: 1867

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Brayley continues with research that was previously presented to the Royal Society (see AP/47/1). In this paper he writes on the luminous atmosphere of the Sun, the exterior of the photosphere and on 'the probability that the monochromatic spectrum from which Mr Huggins has inferred the gaseous constitution of certain nebula, are due, in reality to the luminous atomspheres of their constitutent stars or suns'.

Annotations in pencil and ink throughout.

Subject: Astronomy / Geology

Received and read 20 June 1867.

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AP/49/1
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1867
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Ink and graphite pencil on paper
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34 pages
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Manuscript

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Edward William Brayley

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Edward William Brayley, Unpublished paper, 'Inferences and suggestions in cosmical and geological philosophy. Second series' by E W [Edward William] Brayley, 1867, AP/49/1, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_49_1/unpublished-paper-inferences-and-suggestions-in-cosmical-and-geological-philosophy-second-series-by-e-w-edward-william-brayley, accessed on 10 February 2025

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