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Stellar Spectra

India · Science / Astronomy. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1921

Meghnad Saha1921

Calcutta · Science / Astronomy

Saha applies ionization theory to explain changes in stellar spectral lines as functions of temperature and pressure.

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Meghnad Saha

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