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approach and lowered by recession.
Thus, by comparing the spectrum of a
star alongside a spectrum of hydrogen, we
may see all the lines, and be sure that there
is hydrogen in the star; yet the lines in
the star-spectrum may be all slightly dis-
placed to one side of the lines of the com-
parison spectrum. If towards the violet end,
it means mutual approach of the star and
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