Early solar physics /
Early Solar Physics reviews developments in solar physics, particularly the advent of solar spectroscopy and the discovery of relationships between the various layers of the solar atmosphere and between the different forms of solar activity. Topics covered include solar observations during 1843; che...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York :
Pergamon Press,
[1970]
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| Edition: | First edition]. |
| Series: | Commonwealth and international library. Selected readings in physics.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Early Solar Physics reviews developments in solar physics, particularly the advent of solar spectroscopy and the discovery of relationships between the various layers of the solar atmosphere and between the different forms of solar activity. Topics covered include solar observations during 1843; chemical analysis of the solar atmosphere; the spectrum of a solar prominence; and the solar eclipse of December 12, 1871. Spectroscopic observations of the sun are also presented. This book is comprised of 30 chapters and begins with an overview of ideas about the sun in the mid-nineteenth century, fo. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (viii, 312 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 89-92). |
| ISBN: | 9781483156583 1483156583 |