Spectrum analysis in its application to terrestrial substances, and the physical constitution of the heavenly bodies / familiarly explained by H. Schellen ; translated from the second enlarged and revised German edition by Jane and Caroline Lassell ; edited with notes by William Huggins ; with numerous woodcuts and coloured plates, and Ångström's and Kirchhoff's maps.

Date:
1872
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Credit: Spectrum analysis in its application to terrestrial substances, and the physical constitution of the heavenly bodies / familiarly explained by H. Schellen ; translated from the second enlarged and revised German edition by Jane and Caroline Lassell ; edited with notes by William Huggins ; with numerous woodcuts and coloured plates, and Ångström's and Kirchhoff's maps. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    CONTENTS. PART I. ON THE ARTIFICIAL SOURCES OF HIGH DEGREES OF HEAT AND LIGHT. HAGli t, INTRODUCTION .3 2. THE LUMINOUS POWER OF FLAME .... 9 3. THE BUNSEN BURNER . . . . . -15 4. THE MAGNESIUM LIGHT 18 5. THE OXYHYDROGEN FLAME . . . . -23 6. DRUMMOND's LIME-LIGHT . . . . . .28 7. THE ELECTRIC SPARK . . . . . . 30 8. THE INDUCTION COIL •••••• 33 9. LUMINOSITY OF GASES : GEISSLEr's TUBES . . -35 10. THE VOLTAIC ARC : THE ELECTRIC LIGHT ... 39 11. THE ELECTRIC LAMP 45 PART II. SPECTRUM ANALYSIS IN ITS APPLICATION TO TERRESTRIAL SUBSTANCES. 12. LIGHT 53 13. ANALOGY BETWEEN LIGHT AND SOUND . . -55 14. ANALOGY BETWEEN MUSICAL SOUNDS AND COLOURS . 62 15. REFRACTION OF LIGHT 66