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Variable Stars

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IN the last number of NATURE (p. 397) Prof. Seeliger, of Munich, is represented as thinking β€œit not improbable that the blazing forth of the Nova may have been due to a collision which caused an enormous development of heat and light.” It appears to me that the collision hypothesis is not necessary, and that the variability of a star is a physico-chemical consequence of mere cooling. This conclusion is based on considerations relating to the formation of the chemical elements.

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MILLS, E. Variable Stars. Nature 33, 440–441 (1886). https://doi.org/10.1038/033440a0

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