“On Certain Physical Properties of Light Produced by the Combustion of Different Metals in an Electric Spark Refracted by a Prism.” [Pp. 213–214 in:] The American Journal of Science and Arts, Second Series, No. 56—March, 1855.

An augmentation of David Alter’s 1854 pioneering paper in this same journal that first introduced emission spectrum analysis. Here Alter extended his study beyond metals..... Read More about “On Certain Physical Properties of Light Produced by the Combustion of Different Metals in an...