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 | American Philosophical Society - Electronic journals - 1882 - 718 pages
...Herschel called attention to the enormous elasticity of luminiferous aether and to the Sun's rays as ' ' the ultimate source of almost every motion which takes place on the surface of the earth ; " Titius, Bode, Alexander and Kirkwood, presented evidences of law in planetary arrangement ; Peirce... | |
 | William Miller - Life on other planets - 1883 - 378 pages
...more easily realize, its power and its importance to us. ' The Sun's rays,' says Sir John Herschel, ' are the ultimate source of almost every motion which...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... | |
 | William Miller - Life on other planets - 1883 - 376 pages
...more easily realize, its power and its importance to us. ' The Sun's rays,' says Sir John Herschel, ' are the ultimate source of almost every motion which...and those disturbances in the electric equilibrium 1 Newcomb's Astronomy, p. 459. of the atmosphere which give rise to the phenomena of lightning, and... | |
 | J. A. Westwood Oliver - Sunspots - 1883 - 68 pages
...Disease — Locust Visitations — Financial Panics— Shipwrecks, - 50-56 Co.NOLCBIOJf, .- - - - f $0 "The sun's rays are the ultimate source of almost...which takes place on the surface of the earth. By their heat are produced all winds, and those disturbances in the electric equilibrium of the atmosphere... | |
 | American Philosophical Society - Electronic journals - 1884 - 756 pages
...(Post. 4). Herschcl (Outlines of Astronomy, Sect. 399) discoursed eloqnently on the Sun's rays as " the ultimate source of almost every motion which takes place on the surface of the earth." We may, therefore, reasonably look to them for evidences of virial efficiency, in various forms, •which... | |
 | John Tyndall - 1890 - 666 pages
...ago, the following remarkable passage, bearing upon this subject, was written by Sir John Herschel.' ' The sun's rays are the ultimate source of almost every...in the electric equilibrium of the atmosphere which gives rise to the phenomena of lightning, and probably also to terrestrial magnetism and the Aurora.... | |
 | Brooklyn Ethical Association - Conduct of life - 1895 - 440 pages
...1833 needs little modification to bring it into harmony with the latest conclusions of sciencer — "The sun's rays are the ultimate source of almost...the atmosphere which give rise to the phenomena of lightning, and probably * Forms of Water, p. 7. also to terrestrial magnetism and the aurora. By their... | |
 | American periodicals - 1873 - 864 pages
...force, including vitality, on the whole earth. " The sun's rays," said Sir John Herschel in 1833,* "are the ultimate source of almost every motion which...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
...ago, the following remarkable passage, bearing upon this subject, was written by Sir John Herschel.1 ' The sun's rays are the ultimate source of almost every...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
...of the greatest modern astronomers thus writes upon the Sun's influence on the Earthly I phenomena. "The Sun's rays are the ultimate source of almost...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... | |
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