spectral line series

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Moonrise over Tucson, Arizona

Why Doesn’t Arizona Observe Daylight Saving Time?

airplane in flight (plane, aircraft, flying)

7 Puzzling Plane Disappearances

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519), Italian Renaissance painter from Florence. Engraving by Cosomo Colombini (d. 1812) after a Leonardo self portrait. Ca. 1500.

10 Famous Artworks by Leonardo da Vinci

An ancient egyptian hieroglyphic painted carving showing the falcon headed god Horus seated on a throne and holding a golden fly whisk. Before him are the Pharoah Seti and the goddess Isis. Interior wall of the temple to Osiris at Abydos, Egypt.

11 Egyptian Gods and Goddesses

Calendar marking march 15th

22 Questions About Time and Timekeeping Answered

Aphrodite. Greek mythology. Sculpture. Aphrodite is the Greek goddess of love and beauty.

12 Greek Gods and Goddesses

A mug shot taken by the regional Colombia control agency in Medellin

Pablo Escobar: 8 Interesting Facts About the King of Cocaine

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series limit Pfund series Lyman series Brackett series Balmer series Paschen series Balmer-alpha line spectral line fine structure Rydberg constant

Key People

Balmer series of hydrogen lines

Johannes Rydberg

Swedish physicist

Heinrich Kayser

German physicist