Ingens macula in sole conspiciebatur, cujus diam eter= s'ji "diam. solis. uniformly bright. Its ground is finely mottled with an appearance of minute, dark dots, or pores, which, when attentively watched, are found to be in a constant state of change.... Outlines of Astronomy - Strona 204autor: John Frederick William Herschel - 1857 - Liczba stron: 573Pełny widok - Informacje o książce
| John Russell Hind - 1851 - Liczba stron: 152
...by this uniform mottling of the Sun's disc has been aptly compared by the same eminent astronomer to the " slow subsidence of some flocculent chemical...transparent fluid, when viewed perpendicularly from above." The rotation of the Sun upon his axis was inferred, as already remarked, from observations on the positions... | |
| Dionysius Lardner - 1854 - Liczba stron: 870
...stratum of luminous clouds of varying depth and having an unequal surface, or the appearance produced by the slow subsidence of some flocculent chemical precipitates in a transparent fluid, when looked at perpendicularly from above. In the space immediately around the edges of the spots extensive... | |
| William Augustus Norton - 1852 - Liczba stron: 522
...disc. According to Sir John Herschel, the part of the sun's disc not occupied by spots is far from uniformly bright. Its ground -is finely mottled with...dark dots, or pores. which, when attentively watched, arc found to be in a constant state of change. 403. When the positions of the spots on the disc are... | |
| John Russell Hind - 1852 - Liczba stron: 222
...by this uniform mottling of the Sun's disc has been aptly compared by the same eminent astronomer to the " slow subsidence of some flocculent chemical...transparent fluid, when viewed perpendicularly from above." The rotation of the Sun upon his axis "was inferred, as already remarked, from observations on the... | |
| Dionysius Lardner - 1853 - Liczba stron: 960
...stratum of luminous clouds of varying depth and having an unequal surface, or the appearance produced by the slow subsidence of some flocculent chemical precipitates in a transparent fluid, when looked at perpendicularly from above. In the space immediately around the edges of the spots extensive... | |
| Dionysius Lardner - 1854 - Liczba stron: 246
...stratum of luminous clouds of varying depth, and having an unequal surface, or the appearance produced by the slow subsidence of some flocculent chemical precipitates in a transparent fluid, when looked at perpendicularly from above. In the space immediately around the edges of the spots extensive... | |
| American Association for the Advancement of Science - 1855 - Liczba stron: 398
...surface is broken up into mountainous masses of light, of great height. Sir John Herschel says, that its ground is finely mottled with an appearance of...watched, are found to be in a constant state of change. What words could be better descriptive of the appearance the dark body of the sun would probably present... | |
| 1855 - Liczba stron: 596
...949), and Schwabe even in 50°. The part of the sun's disk, not occupied by spots, is far from being uniformly bright. Its ground is finely mottled with an appearance of minute dark spots or pores, which when attentively watched are found to be in a constant state of change. 1. Their... | |
| Dionysius Lardner - 1855 - Liczba stron: 350
...stratum of luminous clouds of varying depth, and having an unequal surface, or the appearance produced by the slow subsidence of some flocculent chemical precipitates in a transparent fluid, when looked at perpendicularly from above. In the space immediately around the edges of the spots extensive... | |
| Elijah Hinsdale Burritt - 1856 - Liczba stron: 362
...886. The part of the Sun's disc not occupied hy spots, is far from heing uniformly hright. Its greand is finely mottled with an appearance of minute dark dots, or pores, which, attentively watched for several days in snccession, are fonnd to he in a constant state of change.... | |
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