Spectrum Analysis, 1859-1959
Tablet on the "Hans zum Riesen" on the Hauptstrasse in Heidelherg. This building formerly was the physics laboratory and is now occupied by t,he geolo&v department. The tablet reads: In this house Kirchhaff applied in 1859 to the sun and ~trtrs his spectrum analysis discovered with Bnnsen and t h u ~ made accessible the chemistry of the universe. (Photograph by courtesy of Professor Karl Freudenberg, Universit,? of Heidelberg.) RALM E. OESPER Uniuersily of Cincinnati
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3, March 1959
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