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" In such instances, the larger star is usually of a ruddy or orange hue, while the smaller one appears blue or green, probably in virtue of that general law of optics, which provides that, when the retina is under the influence of excitement by any bright... "
Outlines of Astronomy - Page 543
by John Frederick William Herschel - 1849 - 620 pages
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The Youth's magazine, or Evangelical miscellany, Volume 5

1842 - 612 pages
...says Herschel, "exhibit the curious and beautiful phenomenon of contrasted or complementary colors. In such instances the larger star is usually of a...or green, probably in virtue of that general law of opties which provides that when the retina is under the influence of excitement by any bright colored...
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Astronomy

sir John Frederick W. Herschel (1st bart.) - 1833 - 500 pages
...double stars exhibit the curious and beautiful phenomenon of contrasted or complementary colours.* In such instances, the larger star is usually of a...lights, which seen alone would produce no sensation hut of whiteness, shall for the time appear coloured with the tint complementary to that of the brighter....
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Astronomy

Sir John Frederick William Herschel - 1833 - 444 pages
...double stars exhibit the curious and beautiful phenomenon of contrasted or complementary colours. * In such instances, the larger star is usually of a...blue or green, probably in virtue of that general lawof optics,which provides, thatwhen the retina is under the influence of excitement by any bright,...
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An Elementary Treatise on Astronomy: Adapted to the Present Improved State ...

John Farrar - 1834 - 504 pages
...the double stars exhibit the curious and beautiful phenomenon of contrasted or complementary colors. In such instances, the larger star is usually of a...is under the influence of excitement by any bright, colored light ; feebler lights, which seen alone would produce no sensation but of whiteness, shall...
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Sacred philosophy of the seasons, Volume 1

Henry Duncan - 1836 - 430 pages
...the double stars exhibit the curious and beautiful phenomenon of contrasted or complimentary colours. In such instances, the larger star is usually of a...hue, while the smaller one appears blue or green. The complimentary colour of the smaller star may, in some instances, he considered as an optical illusion;...
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A Treatise on Astronomy: Illustrated with Maps and Plates

Mrs. L. H. Tyler - 1837 - 302 pages
...Sir JFW Herschel, " the curious and beautiful phenomenon of contrasted colors or complimentary tints. In such instances, the larger star is usually of a...orange hue, while the smaller one appears blue or green,probably in virtue of that general law of optics, which provides that when the retina is under...
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Distant glimpses; or, Astronomical sketches

Frances Barbara Burton - 1837 - 202 pages
...binary systems exhibit beautiful phenomena of contrasted or complimentary colours : as for instance, the larger star, is usually of a ruddy or orange hue ; while the smaller one, appears blue or green : — but when the larger star is the less bright of the two, the other will evince peculiar lustre...
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The Geography of the Heavens, and Class Book of Astronomy: Accompanied by a ...

Elijah Hinsdale Burritt - 1838 - 350 pages
...double stars exhihit the curious and beautiful phenomenon of contrasted colours, or comptimentary tints. In such instances, the larger star is usually of a...lights, which seen alone would produce no sensation but that of whiteness, shall for the time appear coloured with the tint complimentary to that of the brighter....
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Astronomy simplified

Frances Barbara Burton - 1838 - 146 pages
...binary systems exhibit beautiful phenomena of contrasted or complimentary colours : as for instance, the larger star, is usually of a ruddy or orange hue ; while the smaller one, appears blue or green :-but when the larger star is the less bright of the two, the other will evince peculiar lustre ; as...
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An Introduction to Astronomy: Designed as a Textbook for the Use of Students ...

Denison Olmsted - 1839 - 504 pages
...the double stars exhibit the curious and beautiful phenomena of contrasted or complementary colors.* In such instances, the larger star is usually of a...of optics, which provides that when the retina is excited by any bright colored light, feebler lights which seen alone would produce no sensation but...
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