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... atmosphere . According to this theory , the spots are to be explained in the following manner . They are simply openings in these atmospheres made by powerful upward currents . At the bottom of these chasms we see the dark sun as a ...
... atmosphere . According to this theory , the spots are to be explained in the following manner . They are simply openings in these atmospheres made by powerful upward currents . At the bottom of these chasms we see the dark sun as a ...
Page 63
Joel Dorman Steele. the cloudy atmosphere below will close up first over the dark surface of the sun , leaving only an open- ing through the photosphere , disclosing at the bot- tom a grayish surface of penumbra . We can readily Fig . 13 ...
Joel Dorman Steele. the cloudy atmosphere below will close up first over the dark surface of the sun , leaving only an open- ing through the photosphere , disclosing at the bot- tom a grayish surface of penumbra . We can readily Fig . 13 ...
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... atmosphere will account for the fact that the sun's margin is not so bright as its centre . KIRCHHOFF'S THEORY . - This view differs essentially from that of Wilson . It considers the sun as an intensely white - hot solid or fluid body ...
... atmosphere will account for the fact that the sun's margin is not so bright as its centre . KIRCHHOFF'S THEORY . - This view differs essentially from that of Wilson . It considers the sun as an intensely white - hot solid or fluid body ...
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... atmosphere or physical features may exist even on Mercury to temper the heat , or on Uranus to reduce the cold . With , however , all these diversi- ties , we must admit the power of an all - wise Creator to create beings adapted to the ...
... atmosphere or physical features may exist even on Mercury to temper the heat , or on Uranus to reduce the cold . With , however , all these diversi- ties , we must admit the power of an all - wise Creator to create beings adapted to the ...
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... atmosphere loaded with clouds , which would materially diminish the intensity of the sun , and perhaps make Mercury quite habitable . Sir W. Herschel , however , emphatically denies this , and asserts that the atmosphere is too ...
... atmosphere loaded with clouds , which would materially diminish the intensity of the sun , and perhaps make Mercury quite habitable . Sir W. Herschel , however , emphatically denies this , and asserts that the atmosphere is too ...
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