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Solar Physics—the Chemistry of the Sun 1

Nature volume 24, pages 267–274 (1881)Cite this article

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I. WHEN we have familiarised ourselves with the general phenomena presented to our notice by the analysis of the light proceeding from different sources, and wish to apply this knowledge to the study of the sun, the first work to which attention must be given is a very admirable memoir of Kirchhoff (1861).2

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  1. "Researches on the Solar Spectrum", Roscoe's translation, Part I., p 18.

  2. Kirchhoff's "Researches", translated by Roscoe, Part I., Supplement.

  3. "Recherches sur le Spectre Solaire" (Upsal. 1869).

  4. Ib., p. 35.

  5. Ib., p. 36.

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  1. J. NORMAN LOCKYER
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LOCKYER, J. Solar Physics—the Chemistry of the Sun 1 . Nature 24, 267–274 (1881). https://doi.org/10.1038/024267a0

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