Papers, 1854-1900.

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Papers, 1854-1900.

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Correspondence and papers, including 12 sheets of drawings of Jupiter; 285 letters to officers of the Royal Astronomical Society, 1854-1900; and 11 concerning the solar eclipse of 1870.

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American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library

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Huggins, William, Sir, 1824-1910

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Educated at City of London School. After a few years of business he decided to devote himself to astronomy. F. R. A. S. 1854. In 1856 he built an observatory at Tulse Hill and applied to stars the methods of Kirchhofs researches into the chemical constitution of the sun. In conjunction with William Allen Miller (F. R. S. 1845) he devised the star spectroscope and showed that in structure the stars resemble the sun. F. R. S. 1865. Royal Medal 1866. Rumford Medal 1880. Copley Medal 1898. President...