Abstract
THE letter of Mr. Baly in your issue of last week, corroborating the statement of Friedländer and Kayser that helium is a constituent of the atmosphere, induces me to put on record a further confirmation of the accuracy of this observation. Having had the opportunity, on June 20 last, of examining samples of the more volatile portions from liquid air, which had been handed to me by Prof. Dewar, I had no difficulty in seeing the lines of helium in them. Further, a sample of the helium separated by Prof. Dewar from Bath gas (following the discovery of Lord Rayleigh) undoubtedly contained the substance called neon.
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CROOKES, W. Helium in the Atmosphere. Nature 58, 570 (1898). https://doi.org/10.1038/058570a0
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