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AN account was given in NATURE, vol. xxi., p. 85, of Prof. Pringsheim's first publication on this subject. He had then found that exposure to intense light for a few minutes causes the chlorophyll-corpuscles contained in the cells of plants to lose their green colour; he also pointed out that this effect is produced not by heat but by light, and only in the presence of oxygen, and further, that the highly refrangible rays of the spectrum are those which are principally concerned in it. He also announced the discovery in the chlorophyll-corpuscles of a substance termed Hypochlorin.
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"Untersuchungen über Lichtwirkung und Chlorophyllfunction in der Pflanze," by Prof. N. Pringsheim (Jahrbücher für Wiss. Bot., Bd. XII., Heft 3: Leipiig, 1881).
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VINES, S. Chlorophyll 1 . Nature 23, 561–563 (1881). https://doi.org/10.1038/023561a0
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