Skip to content

Please be aware that some material may contain words, descriptions or illustrations which will not reflect current scientific understanding and may be considered in today's context inaccurate, unethical, offensive or distressing.

The Royal Society: Science in the Making

Paper, 'On the wave-length of the principal line in the spectrum of the Aurora' by William Huggins

Reference number: PP/13/25

Date: 1889

Description

Huggins writes 'Notwithstanding the large number of determinations by different observers, since Ångström in 1867, of the wave-length of the prin­cipal (and frequently the only) line in the spectrum of the Aurora, this value has not yet been accepted as definitely fixed with the degree of accuracy which is required for a final inquiry into its chemical origin.'.

Annotations in pencil and ink.

Subject: Astronomy / Spectroscopy

Received 19 February 1889. Read 7 March 1889.

A version of this paper was published in volume 45 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'On the wave-length of the principal line in the spectrum of the Aurora'.

Reference number
PP/13/25
Earliest possible date
1889
Physical description
Ink and graphite pencil on paper
Page extent
12 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

William Huggins

View page for William Huggins

Use this record

IIIF manifest

View​ IIIF ​ manifest Opens in new tab

Open in Mirador viewer Opens in new tab

Export this record

Download PDF Opens in new tab

Citation

William Huggins, Paper, 'On the wave-length of the principal line in the spectrum of the Aurora' by William Huggins, 1889, PP/13/25, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pp_13_25/paper-on-the-wave-length-of-the-principal-line-in-the-spectrum-of-the-aurora-by-william-huggins, accessed on 09 October 2024

Link to this record

https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pp_13_25/paper-on-the-wave-length-of-the-principal-line-in-the-spectrum-of-the-aurora-by-william-huggins

Embed this record

<iframe src="https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/embed/items/pp_13_25/paper-on-the-wave-length-of-the-principal-line-in-the-spectrum-of-the-aurora-by-william-huggins" title="Paper, 'On the wave-length of the principal line in the spectrum of the Aurora' by William Huggins" allow="fullscreen" frameborder="0" width="100%" height="500px"></iframe>

Related Publications

Hierarchy

This item is part of:

Related Fellows

Explore the collection

  • Proceedings Papers

    Dates: 1882 - 1894

    The archival collection known as 'Proceedings Papers' is comprised of manuscripts and occasional proofs of scientific papers sent to the Royal Society which were read before meetings of Fellows and printed in full in the Proceedings of the Royal Society.

    View collection