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[[preprinted]] 8 [[/preprinted]] Wed. June 14, 1899 [[strikethrough]] entire table [[/strikethrough]] Discussion of micrometer measures of D [[superscript]] 3 [[/superscript]] | |X 8729 alpha Scorpii|alpha Crucis|[[strikethrough]] beta [[/strikethrough]] alpha Crucis|beta Crucis|alpha Crucis corrected val. D [[superscript]] 1 [[/superscript]]|49856|[[strikethrough]] 14602 [[/strikethrough]]| | | | D [[superscript]]2[[/superscript]]|49976| | | | | D [[superscript]] 3 [[/superscript]]| |14848|50206|14361|50242 H beta|76928|41658|77002|41217|76935 H beta - D [[superscript]] 2 [[/superscript]]|26952| | | | | H beta - D [[superscript]] 3 [[/superscript]]| | 26810|26796|26856|26693 [[math]] 26821 = mean ^[[uncorrected]] value of distance from H beta to D [[superscript]] 6 [[/superscript]] [[end page]] [[start page]] [[preprinted]] 9 [[/preprinted]] Wed. June 14, 1899. [[math]] 131 = dist from D[[superscript]]2[[/superscript]] to D[[superscript]]3[[/superscript]] [[math]] 120 = dist from D[[superscript]]1[[/superscript]] to D[[superscript]]2[[/superscript]] From these measures, it seems that D [[superscript]] 3 [[/superscript]] is [[strikethrough]] as much [[/strikethrough]] almost as near D[[superscript]]2[[/superscript]], on shorter wave length side as D[[superscript]]1[[/superscript]] is to D[[superscript]]2[[/superscript]] on the side of greater wave length. This is not so from my scale measures nor does it look so when X 8729 alpha Scorpii and [[strikethrough]] X [[/strikethrough]] any plate showing D[[superscript]]3[[/superscript]] are superposed. Error is possibly due to using uncorrected values. Using correct values for alpha Crucis, we get [[math]] 259 = dist. from D [[superscript]] 2 [[/superscript]] to D [[superscript]] 3 [[/superscript]] [[math]]