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Art. 8. — Y. Takahîtshi : 



Tablk XXXVII. 



Comparison with former results. 



It may be observed in Table XXX VI. and Fig. 19 that the 

 specific separation suddenly falls at about GoOO gauss, which niay 

 be the result of the superposition of the famt component of 

 /I 5270'oö on the measured one. This hne appears in the natural 

 state as if it w^ere the satellite oi the line in question, and, in a 

 magnetic held, one of the >i-components i^ masked by a con^- 

 ponent of tlie line in question and the other y^-coraponent, which 

 is expected to appear, is not found, thougli the p-component is 

 clearty observed. These /i-components seem to be very faint in a 

 weak field, but one of them can be observed in my photograms 

 taken ^vith sufficiently long exposure applying a field near 10000 

 gauss. If we assume the result of King, the separation of this line 

 is nearly one half that of 5269-53, and the red component of the 

 former just overlaps with the violet component of the latter at 

 4800 gauss, so that the separation of the latter must appear too 

 large below the field and too small above it. The first appearance 

 of the fall at 6500 gauss seems to be too late to be considered 

 merely as the effect of the superposed line, and it comes too 

 suddenly compared with the slow recoveiy in the stronger field, 

 the reverse being expected in the above case. It seems nece.ssary 

 to study with an instrument of different constants to decide the 

 l)ehavior of the line 5269*53. 



/ 5232*957 appears as a triplet. 



