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Now, in many cases the number of lines of definite wavelength observed in such a spectrum is considerable, for example, hundreds of different lines have been observed in the arc-spectrum of iron.
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It is also held that until they have explained, without room for doubt, the reasons for the presence of some lines, and the absence of others, of any element in a stellar spectrum; why the arc-spectrum of each element differs from its spark spectrum; what are all the various changes produced in the spectrum of
History of Astronomy George Forbes 1892
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