Published by London Harrison, 1887
Language: English
First Edition
(31 x 23,5 cm). IV (2) VII (3) S., SS. 361-842. Mit Abbildungen und 23 teils gefalteten Tafeln. Geprägter Leinwandband der Zeit. Erste Ausgabe. - "Extending his interests to spectroscopy, Abney was the first to suggest (1877) that stars with rapid axial rotation could be detected by broadened lines in their spectra - an idea later to have wide application. He then devised a red-sensitive emulsion and with it made the first spectroscopic analyses of the structure of organic molecules (1882) and the first photographs of the solar spectrum in the infrared (1887)" (DSB). - Rücken verfärbt. Kapitale leicht lädiert, sonst sauber und gut erhalten. - DSB 1, 21.