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FIRST PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE SOLAR SPECTRUM IN THE INFRARED: "Colour Photometry." & "The Solar Spectrum, from 7150 to 10,000." (Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Vol. 177 for the Year 1886 Part I & Part II, pp. 423-456, 457-469)
by Abney, William de Wiveleslie
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London: Royal Society of London, 1886. First Edition. Three Quarter Leather. Very Good. William de Wiveleslie Abney (1843-1920) extended his interests to spectroscopy and was the first to suggest (1877) that stars with rapid axial rotation could be detected by broadened lines in their spectra - an idea later to have wide application. He then devised a red-sensitive emulsion and with it made the first spectroscopic analyses of the structure of organic molecules (1882) and the first photographs of the solar spectrum in the infrared (1887). Articles illustrated by Plates 24-28. 842 pp. 43 plates. 4to. Recent brown three quarter leather bindings with five raised bands at spine, burgundy title patch with gold embossed titling, gold lines offsetting bands, decorative stamp in each compartment without titling. Numerous folding plates that illustrate articles. Numerous pages throughout volume are brittle with small tears and losses at edges, a large tear at midpoint in the title page of Poynting's article. Pages were trimmed slightly when rebound. The occasional library stamp as it is an ex-library volume, rebound.
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- FIRST PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE SOLAR SPECTRUM IN THE INFRARED: "Colour Photometry." & "The Solar Spectrum, from 7150 to 10,000." (Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Vol. 177 for the Year 1886 Part I & Part II, pp. 423-456, 457-469)
- Author
- Abney, William de Wiveleslie
- Format/Binding
- Three Quarter Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Royal Society of London
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1886
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