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Spectrum of the Aurora

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HAVING noticed that Prof. Zöllner observed a red line in the spectrum of the aurora on October 25, 1870, and as it appears this was the first time the red line had been observed in Europe, I am induced to send you the following extract from a short paper read by me April 12, 1870, before the Royal Society of Victoria, on the great aurora of April 5, 1870:—

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    ROBERT T. ELLERY

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ELLERY, R. Spectrum of the Aurora. Nature 4, 280 (1871). https://doi.org/10.1038/004280c0

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