Abstract
TO those who are familiar with the triumphs which that most wonderful of modern instruments of research—the spectroscope—has achieved, the short time during which it has been at work will be most forcibly recalled by a reference to the circumstance that the comet which is now, astronomically speaking, a magnificent object in the northern sky, is the first one of any considerable brilliancy which has shown itself since the spectroscope has been adapted to the telescope.
Article PDF
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
LOCKYER, J. The Comet . Nature 10, 179–181 (1874). https://doi.org/10.1038/010179a0
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/010179a0