From William Hyde Wollaston to Alexander von Humboldt - Star Spectra and Celestial Landscape.

The discovery of dark lines in the spectrum of the sun as well as in some fixed stars since 1802 by William Hyde Wollaston, Joseph Fraunhofer and Johann Lamont is a relatively isolated phenomenon in the history of astronomy of the first half of the 19th century. Wollaston's representation of the sun...

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Published in:	Annals of Science Vol. 71; no. 1; pp. 27 - 61
Main Authors:	Teichmann, Jürgen, Stinner, Arthur
Format:	Article
Published:	Taylor & Francis Ltd Jan2014
Subjects:	History of astronomy Wollaston, William Hyde, 1766-1828 Fraunhofer, Joseph Lamont, Johann Art & science Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832 Solar spectra Stellar spectra Nineteenth century
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost