by Jane Taylor, 1806
How I wonder
what you are.
Up above the world so high,
Like a diamond in the sky.
I don't wonder
what you are,
'cause by spectroscopic ken
I know you are hydrogen.
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The somewhat unusual word "ken" is best remembered by a variant of a famous English poem: | |||
| The Star or
Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star by Jane Taylor, 1806 |
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| Twinkle, twinkle, little star, How I wonder what you are. Up above the world so high, Like a diamond in the sky. | Twinkle, twinkle little star. I don't wonder what you are, 'cause by spectroscopic ken I know you are hydrogen. | |||
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Ken (Scottish) To know, to recognize (German "Kennen"); To have an understanding of something. | |||
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