...stratum of luminous clouds of varying depth and having an unequal surface, or the tppearance 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 edge* of the spots extensive...

...matter. 173 minous 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...

...surface, and these are found to be in constant fluctuation. Sir John Herschel compares their appearance to the slow subsidence of some flocculent chemical precipitates...transparent fluid when viewed perpendicularly from above. Near the great spots or groups of spots there are often seen streaks more luminous than the neighboring...

...surface, and thes? are found to be in constant fluctuation. Sir John Herschel compares their appearance to the slow subsidence of some flocculent chemical precipitates...transparent fluid when viewed perpendicularly from above. Near the great spots or groups of spots there are often seen streaks more luminous than the neighboring...

...Astronomy," Art. 387, where he says, " The part of the Sun's disk not occupied by spots is far from uniformly bright. Its ground is finely mottled with an appearance of minute dnrk dots or pores, which, when attenlively watcbed, are found to be in a constant state of change....

...Astronomy," Art. 387, where he says, " The part of the Sun's disk not occupied by spots is far from uniformly bright. Its ground is finely mottled with...transparent fluid, when viewed perpendicularly from above." The only part of this admirable description which I should be at all disposed to modify is that relating...

...appearance of the Solar photosphere has been most aptly described by Sir John Herschel, who says, " There is nothing which represents so faithfully this...as the slow subsidence of some flocculent chemical precipitate in a transparent fluid, when viewed perpendicularly from above." The whole surface of the...

...action. The part of .the sun's disk not occupied by the spots, and the bright ridges, " 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. There...

...been upward of 45,000 miles. . . . The part of the sun's disk not occupied by spots is far from being uniformly bright. Its ground is finely mottled with...transparent fluid, when viewed perpendicularly from above." That the SPOTS are not mountains of the sun laid bare is evident, for THEY SHIFT their position like...

...corroborate this view of the subject. The part of the sun's disc not occupied by spots is far from uniformly bright. Its ground is finely mottled with...which, when attentively watched, are found to be in a state of perpetual change. There is liothing which represents so faithfully this appearance as the...