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THE LUMINOSITY OF VENUS.—Venus being now favourably situated, it is a convenient time for making observations with refsrence to the question of the cause of the recorded so-called phosphorescence. If there be any extensive phosphorescence, as first suggested by Sir William Herschel, or if there be an atmosphere occasionally illuminated by electrical discharges similar to those which produce aurorge in our own atmosphere, or even if there be a meteoritic bombardment, the light observed may possibly give indications of a spectrum of bright lines or bands.
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Our Astronomical Column . Nature 39, 567–568 (1889). https://doi.org/10.1038/039567a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/039567a0