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Unpublished paper, 'On the chief line in the spectrum of the nebulae [of Orion]. A reply' by William Huggins

Reference number: AP/67/8

Date: 1891

Description

Huggins responds to Joseph Norman Lockyer's paper on Huggins' researches into the position of the chief line of the spectrum of the nebulae in Orion (see AP/67/3).

Annotations in ink throughout.

Subject: Astronomy

Received and read 5 February 1891.

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AP/67/8
Earliest possible date
1891
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Ink on paper
Page extent
6 pages
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Manuscript

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William Huggins

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William Huggins, Unpublished paper, 'On the chief line in the spectrum of the nebulae [of Orion]. A reply' by William Huggins, 1891, AP/67/8, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_67_8/unpublished-paper-on-the-chief-line-in-the-spectrum-of-the-nebulae-of-orion-a-reply-by-william-huggins, accessed on 13 October 2024

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