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On the Theory of Temporary Stars

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IN a note read before the Royal Astronomical Society on May 10, Father Sidgreaves offers a suggestion regarding the displacement of the dark bands in the spectrum of Nova Persei which seems to obviate the serious difficulty felt by astrophysicists in the explanation of the shift of the lines on Doppler's principle.

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HALM, J. On the Theory of Temporary Stars. Nature 64, 253–256 (1901). https://doi.org/10.1038/064253b0

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