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until they have explained, without room for
doubt, the reasons for the presence of some
lines, and the absence of others, of any el-
ement in a stellar spectrum; why the arc-
spectrum of each element differs from its
spark spectrum; what are all the various
changes produced in the spectrum of a gas
by all possible concomitant variations of pres-
sure and temperature; also the meanings of
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