Paper, 'On the chief line of the spectrum of the nebulae [in Orion]' by J N [Joseph Norman] Lockyer
Reference number: AP/67/3
Date: 1890
Description
Lockyer writes on the research of [William] Huggins into the position of the chief line of the spectrum of the nebulae in Orion 'relative to the line of lead near it.' See AP/67/8 for response from Huggins.
Annotations in pencil throughout. Includes a letter dated 2 February 1890.
Subject: Astronomy
Received 18 December 1890. Read 5 February 1891.
A version of this paper was published in volume 48 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'On the chief line in the spectrum of the nebulæ'.
- Reference number
- AP/67/3
- Earliest possible date
- 1890
- Physical description
- Ink and graphite pencil on paper
- Page extent
- 12 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Joseph Norman Lockyer, Paper, 'On the chief line of the spectrum of the nebulae [in Orion]' by J N [Joseph Norman] Lockyer, 1890, AP/67/3, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_67_3/paper-on-the-chief-line-of-the-spectrum-of-the-nebulae-in-orion-by-j-n-joseph-norman-lockyer, accessed on 24 March 2025
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Unpublished paper, 'On the chief line in the spectrum of the nebulae [of Orion]. A reply' by William Huggins
Creator: William Huggins Reference number: AP/67/8 -
Referee's report by George Downing Liveing and Arthur William Rucker, on five papers 'On the chief line in the spectrum of the nebulae', 'Note on the spectrum of the nebula of orion' and 'Preliminary note on photographs of the spectrum of the nebula in Orion' by Joseph Norman Lockyer, 'On a re-determination of the principal line in the spectrum of the nebula in Orion, and on the character of the line' and 'Note on the photographic spectrum of the great nebula in Orion' by William Huggins
Creator: George Downing Liveing, Arthur William Rücker Reference number: RR/10/360
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Archived papers: volume 67, scientific papers submitted the Royal Society unpublished or abstracted, 1890-1891
1890-1891 Reference number: AP/67
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