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the same spectrum.
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                                            Other nebulA, and especially the white
                                         ones like that in Andromeda, which have
                                         not yet been resolved into stars, show a con-
                                         tinuous spectrum; others are greenish and
                                         give no lines.
                                            A great deal has to be done by the chemist
                                         before the astronomer can be on sure ground
                                         in drawing conclusions from certain portions
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