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Huggins   /hˈəgɪnz/   Listen
Huggins

noun
1.
English astronomer who pioneered spectroscopic analysis in astronomy and who discovered the red shift (1824-1910).  Synonym: Sir William Huggins.





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... been estimated by Huggins that the light received from a nebula will not exceed the light of a sperm candle looked at from a distance of a quarter of a mile. It is thought by some astronomers that the light received from a nebula is indicative of the stage of development to which it has arrived. Where ...
— Aether and Gravitation • William George Hooper


Words linked to "Huggins" :   astronomer, stargazer, uranologist


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