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Solar Prominence Observed by Respighi in 1870
- Pl. XIII
- 1872 (Published)
Lorenzo Respighi (1824-1889) was the director of the University Observatory at the Campidoglio at Rome. Starting in October of 1869 he observed daily the entire limb of the sun recording prominences and other phenomena.…
- Author Schellen, Heinrich, 1818-1884
- Printer Of Plates M. & N. Hanhart (Printers)
- Subject Spectrum analysis, Respighi, Lorenzo, 1824-1889, Sun
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Viewing Objects through a Prism
- Fig. 29
- 1872 (Published)
Man viewing candle light through a prism. Illustration for section 16. Refraction of Monochromatic Light by a Prism.
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Solar Prominence Observed by Young
- Pl. XII
- 1872 (Published)
Prominences represented in their natural colors, as seen through a large telescope when the slit of the spectroscope was open wide and directed on to the red C-line. These prominences are characteristic of the a…
- Author Schellen, Heinrich, 1818-1884
- Printer Of Plates M. & N. Hanhart (Printers)
- Subject Spectrum analysis, Sun
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Solar Prominence Observed by Zollner
- Pl. XI
- 1872 (Published)
Prominences represented in their natural colors, as seen through a large telescope when the slit of the spectroscope was open wide and directed on to the red C-line. These prominences are characteristic of the an…
- Author Schellen, Heinrich, 1818-1884
- Printer Of Plates M. & N. Hanhart (Printers)
- Subject Spectrum analysis, Sun
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Spectrum Analysis in its Application to Terrestrial Substances, and the Physical Constitution of the Heavenly Bodies
- 1872 (Published)
Translated from the second enlarged and revised German edition by Jane and Caroline Lassell; edited with notes by William Huggins; with numerous woodcuts and colored plates.
From the Preface: "Its object is, on the one…
- Author Schellen, Heinrich, 1818-1884
- Subject Spectrum analysis
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Solar Spectra of Prominences, Corona, Aurora Borealis, and Chromosphere
- Pl. IX
- 1872 (Published)
This plate illustrates four spectra from solar phenomena.
Spectrum 1 is Solar Spectrum and Spectrum of the Prominences, during a total Eclipse.
Spectrum 2 is Spectrum of the Corona. Observed by Charles Young…- Author Schellen, Heinrich, 1818-1884
- Printer Of Plates M. & N. Hanhart
- Subject Spectrum, Solar, Spectrum analysis, Astronomy, Scientific illustration
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Total Solar Eclipse of 18th August, 1868, at Mantawaloc-Kekee
- Fig. 121
- 1872 (Published)
An illustration of a solar eclipse during the last 2 minutes, 25 seconds, therefore just before the reappearance of the sun's rays. The accompanying text states: ""Scarcely had the last ray of sunlight disappeared,"…
- Author Schellen, Heinrich, 1818-1884
- Subject Spectrum analysis, Astronomy, Solar eclipses, Sun, Scientific illustration
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Frontispiece: Table of Spectra
- 1872 (Published)
Chromolithograph of a table of spectra in full color.
- Author Schellen, Heinrich, 1818-1884
- Printer Of Plates M. & N. Hanhart (Printers)
- Subject Scientific illustration, Spectrum analysis
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Total Solar Eclipse (North America) 1869 August 7
- Pl. VIII
- 1872 (Published)
This plate contains two prints from photographs of a solar eclipse viewed in Burlington, Iowa on August 7, 1869.
"The photographic plates, which were exposed for the brief space of from five to sixteen seconds, give…- Author Schellen, Heinrich, 1818-1884
- Printer Of Plates M. & N. Hanhart
- Subject Spectrum analysis, Astronomy, Solar eclipses, Sun
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Lockyer's Telespectroscope
- Fig. 135
- 1872 (Published)
An illustration of a man using Lockyer's telespectroscope. Sir Joseph Norman Lockyer (1836-1920), designed this instrument in order to observe the spectra of the prominences in full sunlight. Lockyer is best known for…
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The Changes in the Appearance of a Spot caused by the Rotation of the Sun
- Fig. 106.
- 1872 (Published)
Here Schellen is illustrating and explaining the phenomenon of sunspots. The accompanying text states: "In Fig. 106 the drawings marked I represent the varying phases through which a spot surrounded by a penumbra…
- Author Schellen, Heinrich, 1818-1884
- Subject Sunspots, Astronomy, Sun, Spectrum analysis
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The Compound Spectroscope
- Fig. 52
- 1872 (Published)
Illustration of a man looking through a spectroscope.
From the corresponding text: "Fig. 52, especially the three tubes directed to the prism at different angles, as in that constructed by Kirchhoff and Bunsen. The… -
Corona photographed at Syracuse by Mr. Brothers, Dec 22nd, 1870
- Pl. X
- 1872 (Published)
From a photograph taken of a solar eclipse observed from Syracuse, Sicily on 22 December 1870.
From text: "The photograph taken by Mr. Brothers is very valuable, since it shows the halo extending towards the…- Author Schellen, Heinrich, 1818-1884
- Printer Of Plates M. & N. Hanhart (Printers)
- Subject Spectrum analysis, Astronomy, Solar eclipses, Sun, Solar radiation, Italy--Syracuse
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Total Solar Eclipse Observed from India in 1868
- Pl. VII
- 1872 (Published)
Prints from photographs taken by Colonel James Francis Tennant (1829-1915). The upper picture shows the eclipse at the moment of totality, and the lower one immediately before it's cessation. Observed from Guntoor,…
- Author Schellen, Heinrich, 1818-1884
- Printer Of Plates M. & N. Hanhart (Printers)
- Subject Spectrum analysis, Astronomy, Solar eclipses, Sun, Scientific illustration
