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these were shown by dark lines across the
spectrum. These are the Frauenhofer lines,
some of which he named by the letters of
the alphabet. The D line is a very marked
one in the yellow. These dark lines in the
solar spectrum had already been observed
by Wollaston. [3]
On examining artificial lights it was found
that incandescent solids and liquids (includ-
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