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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... "
Astronomy - Page 211
by Sir John Frederick William Herschel - 1833 - 422 pages
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The Fairy Tales of Science: A Book for Youth

John Cargill Brough - Science - 1859 - 438 pages
...Stephenson " bottled sunshine !" By the unequal action of the solar heat are produced all winds and storms, and those disturbances in the electric equilibrium...rise to the phenomena of terrestrial magnetism. By the solar rays the waters of the sea are drawn up into the air in vapour, to descend again in rain,...
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The Edinburgh Review, Volume 119

English literature - 1864 - 632 pages
...the ultimate source of almost every motion which takes place on the surface of the earth. By their heat are produced all winds, and those disturbances...electric equilibrium of the atmosphere which give rise to tbe phenomena of terrestrial magnetism. By their vivifying action vegetables are elaborated from inorganic...
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All the Year Round, Volume 14

1866 - 632 pages
...Years ago, Sir Jolm Herschel wrote : " The sun's rays are the ultimate souree of almost every motion which takes place on the surface of the earth. By...produced all winds, and those disturbances in the electrical equilibrinm of the atmosphere which give rise to the phenomena of lightning, and probably...
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Light: Its Influence on Life and Health

Forbes Winslow - Light - 1867 - 336 pages
...Glared on him passing." — MILTON. " The sun's, rays are the ultimate source of almost every motion which takes place on the surface of the earth. By...the atmosphere which give rise to the phenomena of lightning ; and probably, also, to those of terrestrial magnetism and the aurora. By their vivifying...
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Heat: A Mode of Motion

John Tyndall - Heat - 1868 - 560 pages
...was written by Sir John Herschel.f ' The sun's rays are the ultimate source of almost every motion which takes place on the surface of the earth. By...the atmosphere which give rise to the phenomena of lightning, and probably also to terrestrial magnetism and the Aurora. By their vivifying action vegetables...
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Nature, Volume 5

Sir Norman Lockyer - Electronic journals - 1872 - 540 pages
...(1833), P- *» :" The sun's rays are the ultimate source of almost every motion which takes place upon the surface of the earth. By its heat are produced...and become in their turn the support of animals and men, and the sources of those great deposits of dynamical efficiency which are laid up for human use...
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Heat Considered as a Mode of Motion

John Tyndall - Heat - 1869 - 568 pages
...John Herschel thirty-two years ago.* ' The sun's rays are the ultimate source of almost every motion which takes place on the surface of the earth. By...the atmosphere which give rise to the phenomena of lightning, and probably also to terrestrial magnetism and the Aurora. By their vivifying action vegetables...
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The Mississippi Valley: Its Physical Geography, Including Sketches of the ...

John Wells Foster - History - 1869 - 480 pages
...organic vital activity on our planet. " By its rays," quoting the greatest of living astronomers, J " are produced all winds, and those disturbances in...electric equilibrium of the atmosphere which give rise to terrestrial magnetism. By their vivifying action, vegetables are elaborated from inorganic matter,...
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Heat Considered as a Mode of Motion

John Tyndall - Heat - 1870 - 576 pages
...John Herschel thirty-two years ago.* ' 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 wiuds, and those disturbances in the electric equilibrium of the atmosphere .which give rise to the...
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Saint Pauls, Volume 8

English literature - 1871 - 612 pages
...phenomena, Sir John Herschel remarks that "the sun's rays are the ultimate source of almost every motion which takes place on the surface of the earth. By...the atmosphere which give rise to the phenomena of lightning, and probably also to those of terrestrial magnetism and the aurora. By their vivifying action...
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