Has just found that the bands of light from the comet are resolved by the spectroscope into bands that constitute a modified form of carbon. The spectrum of the comet was compared directly with a current of olefiant gas.
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Has just found that the bands of light from the comet are resolved by the spectroscope into bands that constitute a modified form of carbon. The spectrum of the comet was compared directly with a current of olefiant gas.
Is grateful for his note. Has sent a paper to the R.S.L. on cometary phenomena and encloses a copy of the part in which he refers to JH's views. Would be glad if it were possible to explain the phenomena of tails.
Much obliged for his suggestions regarding the comet; comments on these suggestions. His own observations were made on the comet, not its tail. Would be pleased for him to visit his observatory when in London.
Sending a photograph of a solar prominence he has received from Major J. F. Tennant. Comments on various features. At the Transit of Mercury he saw the phenomenon described by J. H. Schröter.
Has arranged for the last R.A.S.M.N. to be sent to him. Lieut. John Herschel has detected a fourth line in the spectrum of the Nebula in Orion.