 | Naval art and science - 1865 - 726 pages
...of the wonderful power of its rays Sir John gives us the following facts. He says " the sun's rays are the ultimate source of almost every motion which...to the phenomena of lightning, and probably also to those of terrestrial magnetism and the aurora. By their vivifying action vegetables are enabled to... | |
 | sir John Frederick W. Herschel (1st bart.) - 1833 - 500 pages
...when the fluid from which it subsides is warm, and losing heat from its surface. (336.) The sun's rays are the ultimate source of almost every motion which...the atmosphere which give rise to the phenomena of terrestrial magnetism. By their vivifying action vegetables are elaborated from inorganic matter, and... | |
 | Sir John Frederick William Herschel - Astronomy - 1833 - 444 pages
...losing heat from its surface. (336.) The sun's rays are the ultimate source of almost every m otion which takes place on the surface of the earth. By...the atmosphere which give rise to the phenomena of terrestrial magnetism. By their vivifying action vegetables are elaborated from inorganic matter, and... | |
 | Horticulture - 1834 - 550 pages
...severity of both climates. — flerschel on Astnm. — Lard. Cyclop. SCN'S RAYS. — The sun's rays are the ultimate source of almost every motion which...the atmosphere which give rise to the phenomena of terrestrial magnetism. By their vivifying action, vegetables are elaborated from inorganic matter,... | |
 | John Lee Comstock - Astronomy - 1838 - 266 pages
...reflects none. How is it believed these spots are made ? INFLUENCE OF THE SUN ON THE EARTH. The sun's rays are the ultimate source of almost every motion which...the atmosphere, which give rise to the phenomena of terrestrial magnetism. By their vivifying action, vegetables are elaborated from inorganic matter,... | |
 | John Lee Comstock - Astronomy - 1838 - 268 pages
...solid body, shaded by the clouds, reflects none. INFLUENCE OF THE SUN ON THE EARTH. The sun's rays are the ultimate source of almost every motion which...produced all winds, and those disturbances in the ebctric equilibrium of the atmosphere, which give rise to the phenomena of terrestrial magnetism. By... | |
 | Thomas Lockerby - 1839 - 566 pages
...hand should communicate motion to a stone with which it is demonstrably not in contact. The sun's rays are the ultimate source of almost every motion which takes place on the surface of this earth. By its heat are produced almost all winds, and those disturbances in the electric equilibrium... | |
 | William Gordon - 1847 - 144 pages
...days and seasons, which are adapted to the constitution of the living creation. 395. The sun's rays are the ultimate source of almost every motion which takes place on the surface of the earth. 396. By its heat are produced all winds, and those disturbances in the electric equilibrium of the... | |
 | John Frederick William Herschel - Astronomy - 1849 - 672 pages
...when the fluid from which it subsides is warm, and losing heat from its surface. (399.) The sun's rays are the ultimate source of almost every motion which...to the phenomena of lightning, and probably also to those of terrestrial magnetism and the aurora. By their vivifying action vegetables are enabled to... | |
 | Archibald Tucker Ritchie - Cosmogony - 1850 - 642 pages
...that station quietly disseminating on all sides its light and heat." And again — " The sun's rays are the ultimate source of almost every motion which...the atmosphere which give rise to the phenomena of terrestrial magnetism, &c. &c The great mystery, however, is to conceive how so enormous a conflagration... | |
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The sun's rays are the ultimate source of almost every motion which takes place on the surface of the earth. By its heat are produced all winds, and those disturbances in the electric equilibrium of the atmosphere which give rise to the phenomena of lightning,... 
