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- 14 - Scientific papers published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society volume 46, 1889

RefNo	PP/14/33
Previous numbers	PP/46/35
Level	Item
Title	Paper, 'On the cause of variability in condensing swarms of meteorites' by Joseph Norman Lockyer
Date	1889
Description	Lockyer writes: 'One of the general conclusions I arrived at in my paper on “Researches on the spectra of meteorites” [see PP/11/5] was as follows:—“Most of the variable stars which have been observed belong to those classes of bodies which I now suggest are uncondensed meteor-swarms, or condensed stars in which a central more or less solid condensed mass exists. In some of those having regular periods the variation would seem to be partly due to swarms of meteorites moving round a bright or dark body, the maximum light occurring at periastron.” And again in 1888, referring to the former class, I added, “If the views I have put forward are true, the objects now under consideration are those in the heavens which are least condensed.' Annotations in pencil and ink. Subject: Astronomy Received 27 June 1889. Read 21 November 1889. A version of this paper was published in volume 46 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'On the cause of variability in condensing swarms of meteorites'.
Extent	35p
Format	Manuscript
PhysicalDescription	Ink and graphite pencil on paper
Digital images	View item on Science in the Making
AccessStatus	Open
RelatedMaterial	DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1889.0050
RelatedRecord	PP/11/5

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Code	PersonName	Dates
NA6349	Lockyer; Sir; Joseph Norman (1836 - 1920)	1836 - 1920

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