Paper, 'The influence of water in the atmosphere on the solar spectrum and solar temperature' by [William De Wiveleslie] Abney and Edward [Robert] Festing

Description

Abney and Festing write: 'In our paper on “Atmospheric Absorption in the Infra-red of the Solar Spectrum” (“Proc. Roy. Soc.,” vol. 35, p. 80) [see PP/3/13], we stated that the absorption by water coincided with the absorption bands to be found in the solar spectrum, and our proof rested in photographs which had been taken for some time back. In the diagram which we published (and in which are slight errors in shading at some parts, and which we here correct) we showed the coincidences as far as λ10,000, that being the limit to which we could accurately fix the wave-lengths.'

Annotations in pencil and ink. Includes seven pages of diagrams of experimental results.

Subject: Astronomy

Received 14 June 1883. Read 21 June 1883.

A version of this paper was published in volume 35 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'The influence of water in the atmosphere on the solar spectrum and solar temperature'.

Reference number

PP/3/31

Earliest possible date

1883

Physical description

Ink and graphite pencil on paper

Page extent

27 pages

Format

Manuscript
Diagram