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ing solar light. On both planets some ab-
sorption lines seem to agree with the aque-
ous vapour lines of our own atmosphere;
while one, which is a strong band in the
red common to both planets, seems to agree
with a line in the spectrum of some reddish
stars.
Uranus and Neptune are difficult to ob-
serve spectroscopically, but appear to have
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