Stellar, Solar and Laboratory Spectra: The History of Lockyer's Proto-elements

Annals of Science

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 241-266

  Leone, Matteo ^a   Robotti, Nadia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

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EID: 0346622691     PISSN: 00033790     EISSN: 1464505X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00033790050074156     Document Type: Article

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