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FROM the time of the discovery by Prof. Draper of the presence of oxygen in the sun down to the present moment I have devoted most of my leisure time to the consideration of the question as to why the oxygen lines should appear bright while the metallic lines should appear dark in the solar spectrum. I was led into this inquiry under the firm belief that the new fact made known by Dr. Draper might lead to a modification of existing views of the sun's atmosphere, and it was consequently with the greatest pleasure that I read in last week's NATURE a communication from Dr. Schuster on this subject.
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MELDOLA, R. Oxygen in the Sun. Nature 17, 161–162 (1877). https://doi.org/10.1038/017161a0
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