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to sunrise at midsummer he calculated the construction of the monument to have taken place in 1680 BC. Radiocarbon dating in 1952 gave a date of 1800 BC. He also confirmed the alignment of the Parthenon on the rising point of the Pleiades and did extensive work on the solar and stellar alignments of
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In 1868 a prominent yellow line was observed in a spectrum taken near the edge of the Sun. Its wavelength was about 588 nm, slightly less than the so-called "D" lines of sodium. The line could not be explained as due to any material known at the time, and so it was suggested by Lockyer, after he
271:, and because their papers reached the French academy on the same day, he and Lockyer usually are awarded joint credit for helium's discovery. Terrestrial helium was found about 27 years later by the Scottish chemist 214:. His early introduction to science was through his father, who was a pioneer of the electric telegraph. After a conventional schooling supplemented by travel in Switzerland and France, he worked for some years as a 1472: 314:. Travelling 1890 in Greece he noticed the east–west orientation of many temples, in Egypt he found an orientation of temples to sunrise at midsummer and towards Sirius. Assuming orientation of the Heel-Stone of 821: 333:
Lockyer's first wife Winifred nΓ©e James died in 1879. They had six sons and two daughters in all. In 1903, Lockyer started a second marriage, to suffragist
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as an analytical tool for determining the composition of heavenly bodies. He conducted his research from his new home in West Hampstead, with a
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after the Greek word 'Helios' meaning 'sun'. An observation of the new yellow line had been made earlier by Janssen at the
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To facilitate the transmission of ideas between scientific disciplines, Lockyer established the general science journal
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Lockyer died at his home in Salcombe Regis in 1920, and was buried there in the churchyard of St Peter and St Mary.
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Frost, Michael (2007). "Lockyer, Joseph Norman". In Hockey, Thomas; Trimble, Virginia; Williams, Thomas R. (eds.).
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had observed it from London, that the yellow line was caused by an unknown solar element. He named this element
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is currently held by Professor Tim Naylor, who is the member of the Astrophysics group there which studies
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Report to the Committee on Solar Physics on the Basic Lines Common to Spots and Prominences
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Kochhar, R.K. (1991). "French astronomers in India during the 17th - 19th centuries".
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This building on Sheep Street, Rugby was Lockyer's birthplace, as is declared by
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Egyptian temples and their dating, presented in his book The Dawn Of Astronomy.
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Wilkins, George A. (1994). "Sir Norman Lockyer's Contributions to Science".
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Wilkins, G. A. (1994). "Sir Norman Lockyer's Contributions to Science".
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Lockyer led eight expeditions to observe solar eclipses for example in
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Stonehenge and Other British Stone Monuments Astronomically Considered
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Certificate of candidacy for Lockyer's election to the Royal Society
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Archives of the Norman Lockyer Observatory (University of Exeter)
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Frost, Michael A. (2005). "J. Norman Lockyer: The Early Years".
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Satterly, John (1921). "Sir J. Norman Lockyer, K.C.B., F.R.S.".
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in 1874. He remained its editor until shortly before his death.
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Meadows, Arthur Jack (2004). "Lockyer, Sir Joseph Norman".
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The Rules of Golf: Being the St. Andrews Rules for the Game
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Prof. Tim Naylor, Norman Lockyer Professor of Astrophysics
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Norman Lockyer Observatory & James Lockyer Planetarium
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Science and Controversy: a Biography of Sir Norman Lockyer
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Rolston, W. E. (1920). "Sir Norman Lockyer (1836–1920)".
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Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
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Norman Lockyer Observatory radio station in Sidmouth
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Quarterly Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society
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Inorganic Evolution as Studied by Spectrum Analysis
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electromagnetic spectroscopy
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