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WE have delayed in replying to Prof. Schuster's letter in your issue of June 30 in order that we might make further experiments on the subject. We have had the kind assistance of Prof. Schuster, who demonstrated to us the close similarity between the group of green lines in the metargon spectrum and the spectrum of the blowpipe flame. We subsequently satisfied ourselves regarding the similarity of the metargon spectrum and the “Swan” spectrum, shown by carbon monoxide in a vacuum tube. At first sight, Prof. Schuster seems justified in attributing that spectrum to the presence of carbon or of one of its compounds. Yet we think that careful consideration of the following facts will necessitate a suspension of judgment:—
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RAMSAY, W., TRAVERS, M. & BALY, E. The Spectrum of Metargon. Nature 58, 245–246 (1898). https://doi.org/10.1038/058245e0
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