Record

RefNoPP/17/1/2
Previous numbersPP/49/2
LevelItem
TitleDiagrams, spectra by William Huggins and Margaret Lindsay Huggins
Date1890
DescriptionOne page of seven spectrum diagrams, labelled numbers 1-7. Diagrams 1-3 show the positions of the bright bands in stars No. 3956, No. 4013 and No. 3956 relative to the blue band of a Bunsen flame, according to [Hermann Carl] Vogel's measurements. Diagrams 4-7 show the same for stars No. 4001, No. 4013, No. 3956 and No. 3821 according to the Huggins' measurements.

Subject: Astronomy / Spectroscopy

Prints of these diagrams were published in volume 49 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society alongside the paper 'On Wolf and Rayet's bright-line stars in Cygnus'.
Extent1p
FormatDiagram
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rspl.1890.0063
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA7376Huggins; Sir; William (1824 - 1910); astronomer1824 - 1910
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