 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 211by Sir John Frederick William Herschel - 1833 - 422 pagesFull view - About this book
 | American periodicals - 1873 - 864 pages
..." The sun's rays," said Sir John Herschel in 1833,* "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... | |
 | John Hays Gardiner - English language - 1900 - 520 pages
...was written by Sir John Herschel.1 ' The sun's rays are the ultimate source of almost every motion which takes place on the surface of the earth. By...in the electric equilibrium of the atmosphere which gives rise to the phenomena of lightning, and probably also to terrestrial magnetism and the Aurora.... | |
 | Banglore Suryanaraina Row - 1900 - 76 pages
...influence on the Earthly I phenomena. "The Sun's rays are the ultimate source of almost every motion which takes place on the surface of the Earth. By...all winds, and those disturbances in the electric eqilibrium of the atmosphere which'give rise to the phenomena of lightning, and probably also to terrestrial... | |
 | George Woodward Warder - Creation - 1900 - 358 pages
...Herschel declares " The sun's rays are the ultimate source of almost every motion that takes place upon the surface of the earth. By its heat are produced...and those disturbances in the electric equilibrium which give rise to the phenomena of lightning, and the aurora. By their vivifying action vegetables... | |
 | Arthur Erich Haas - Force and energy - 1909 - 132 pages
...(abgedruckt aus der Ausgabe vom Jahre 1833): The sun's rays are the ultimate source of almost every niution which takes place on the surface of the earth. By its heat nre procluced all winds, and those distnrbances in the ei|uilibrium of the atmosphere which give rise... | |
 | F. W. Henkel - Meteorology - 1911 - 360 pages
...says Herschel (" Outlines of Astronomy," p. 399), "are the ultimate source of almost every motion that takes place on the surface of the earth. By its heat...the atmosphere which give rise to the phenomena of lightning, and probably also to those of terrestrial magnetism and the aurora. . . . By them the waters... | |
 | Frederick M. Tschirner - Solar system - 1924 - 170 pages
...universally accepted fact. As stated by Sir John FW Herschel in his "Outlines of Astronomy," paragraph 399: "By its heat are produced all winds, and those disturbances...in the electric equilibrium of the atmosphere which gives rise to the phenomena of lightning, and probably also to those of terrestrial magnetism and the... | |
 | Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents - 1873 - 488 pages
...takes place on the surface of the earth. By its heat are produced the winds and those disturbances ou the electric equilibrium of 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... | |
 | Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents - Discoveries in science - 1873 - 490 pages
...phenomena, Sir John remarks that "the sun's rays arc 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 ou the electric equilibrium of the atmosphere which give rise to the... | |
 | Crosbie Smith, M. Norton Wise - Biography & Autobiography - 1989 - 906 pages
...published in Herschel's 1833 Treatise: The sun's rays are the ultimate source of almost every motion which takes place on the surface of the earth. By...in the electric equilibrium of the atmosphere which gives rise to the phenomena [disturbances] of terrestrial magnetism. By their vivifying action vegetables... | |
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