 | Science - 1873 - 486 pages
...of the earth. By its heat are produced the winds and those disturbances on the electric equilibrinm of the atmosphere which give rise to the phenomena of lightning, and probably also to those of terrestrial magnetism and the anrora. By their vivifying action vegetables are enabled to... | |
 | Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents - Discoveries in science - 1873 - 486 pages
...phenomena, Sir John remarks that "the sun's rays are the ultimate source of almost every motion that takes place on the surface of the earth. By its heat are produced the winds and those disturbances on the electric equilibrinm of the atmosphere which give rise to the... | |
 | Archibald Tucker Ritchie - 1874 - 690 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 takes place on the surface of the earth The great mystery, however, is to conceive how so enormous a conflagration (if such it be) can be kept... | |
 | Western Society of Engineers (Chicago, Ill.) - Engineering - 1876 - 388 pages
...as in 1833, wrote the following almost prophetic surmise upon this same subject : " The sun's rays are the ultimate source of almost every motion which...electric equilibrium of the atmosphere which give ris« to the phenomena oí lightning, and probably alao to territorial magnetism and the Aurora. By... | |
 | Franciszek Czerny - Erosion - 1877 - 394 pages
...der Tropenzone, wo die Sonne mehr oder weniger senkrecht steht, am reichlichsten <) „The sun's rays are the ultimate source of almost every motion, which takes place on the surface of the earth" („Outlines of Astronomy'' 1833). J. Tyndall „Heat a mode of motion", p. 478. 2) „Mechanik der... | |
 | Herbert Spencer - Philosophy, Modern - 1877 - 608 pages
...aware that BO far back as 1833, Sir John Herschel had enunciated the doctrine that " the sun's rays are the ultimate source of almost every motion which takes place on the surface of the carth." He expressly includes all geologic, meteorologic, and vital actions;-as also those which we... | |
 | Henry Major - 1878 - 222 pages
...simplified to make them intelligible to the young student : — The sun's rays are the first origin of almost every motion which takes place on the surface....of the earth. By its heat are produced all winds (see Part I.), and those disturbances in the electric state of the air which give rise to lightning... | |
 | George Gore - Chimie, Découvertes - 1878 - 680 pages
...occurring upon this globe. As early as the year 1833, Sir J. Herschel stated that ' the sun's rays are the ultimate source of almost every motion which takes place on the surface of the earth.' All physical and chemical phenomena, also, whether causes or effects, may be divided into statical... | |
 | George Gore - Chimie, Découvertes - 1878 - 694 pages
...occurring upon this globe. As early as the year 1833, Sir J. Herschel stated that ' the sun's rays are the ultimate source of almost every motion which takes place on the surface of the earth.' All physical and chemical phenomena, also, whether causes or effects, may be divided into statical... | |
 | American Philosophical Society - Electronic journals - 1880 - 728 pages
...experience. In 1833, Sir John Herschel published his remarkable attribution to the energy of the Sun's rays, "of almost every motion which takes place on the surface...to the phenomena of lightning, and probably also to those of terrestrial magnetism and the aurora, "f In 1850, Kohlrausch found that the ratio between... | |
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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,... 
