The Spectroscope and Its Applications (Classic Reprint) - Tapa blanda

Lockyer, J. Norman Joseph Norman

 
9781440035388: The Spectroscope and Its Applications (Classic Reprint)

Sinopsis

Explore how the spectroscope opened a new window on the universe—and learn what light reveals about the sun, stars, and beyond.

This classic work presents the first lectures on spectrum analysis and how a simple instrument can distinguish solid, liquid, and gaseous forms from their light. It explains how the spectrum of the sun, stars, nebulae, comets, and planets can be read to understand their composition, state, and processes. The text connects practical experiments with astronomical insight, showing why light tells the story of matter in space.

  • Learn how light becomes a spectrum and what factors sharpen or blur that view
  • See how absorption and emission lines reveal the make-up of celestial objects
  • Discover how spectroscopes are built, used, and adapted for different observations
  • Understand the shift from solid and liquid sources to rarefied gases in space
Ideal for readers curious about the origins of spectral analysis and its use in astronomy and technology, this edition remains a clear, accessible introduction to a field that transformed our view of the cosmos.

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The following Lectures were delivered at the Society of Arts in the year 1869. They have been carefully revised, and in some parts expanded.

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The following Lectures were delivered at the Society of Arts in the year 1869. They have been carefully revised, and in some parts expanded. I have to thank Professor Roscoe for permission to use several of the woodcuts which appear in his Spectrum A nalysis, to which admirable work the present small volume will, I trust, be found useful as an introduction. My acknowledgments are also due to Professor Pedler, both for aid in the experimental illustrations when the Lectures were delivered, and for his assistance while the revision has been passing through the press. J. N. L.
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