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Solar Prominence

  • 1872

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Plate from the publication Spectrum Analysis Explained, Including an Explanation of the Received Theory of Sound, Heat, Light, and Color by Dana Estes (1840-1909). The plate depicts Solar prominences as observed by Professor Charles Augustus Young of Dartmouth College on October 7-8, 1869.

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Estes, Dana. “Solar Prominence.” Boston, Massachusetts: Estes & Lauriat, 1872. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/bk128b76p.

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