Why did bohrs observations of gaseous elements not reveal a complete spectrum when the light was shone through a prism? explain

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The Bohr model suggested that electrons could only have defined energy levels and so when decaying back to a lower energy level release a certain amount of energy. Since the amount of energy could be converted to a certain frequency then distinct emission lines were seen in the electromagnetic spectrum. The other theories could not explain the emission lines: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bohr_model