When heated to incandescence in the furnace of stars, each element marks the spectrum of light it emits with a characteristic set of lines. (Malcolm W. Browne).

• 当在众多星状物组成的熔炉中被加热到白热程度时，每一个元素都以其特有的一组谱线显示出它所放出的光谱.；（马尔科姆W