 The climate of the moon must be very extraordinary : the alternation being that of unmitigated and burning sunshine, fiercer than an equatorial noon, continued for a whole fortnight, and the keenest severity of frost, far exceeding that of our polar winters,...  The Magazine of Science, and Schools of Art - Strana 1981842Úplné zobrazenie - O tejto knihe
 | Sir John Frederick William Herschel - 1833 - Počet stránok 444
...and the phenomena of solar eclipses. Hence its climate must be very extraordinary ; the alternation being that of unmitigated and burning sunshine fiercer...equatorial noon, continued for a whole fortnight, and the * See Breislak's map of the environs of Naples, and Desmarest's of Auvergne. t From my own observations.... | |
 | sir John Frederick W. Herschel (1st bart.) - 1833 - Počet stránok 500
...and the phenomena of solar eclipses. Hence its climate must be very extraordinary ; the alternation being that of unmitigated and burning sunshine fiercer...equatorial noon, continued for a whole fortnight, and the * Sec Breislak's map of the environs of Naples, and Desmarest's of Auvergne. t From my own observations.—... | |
 | 1834 - Počet stránok 550
...extraordinary; the alternation being that of unmitiga ted and burning sunshine, fiercer than an equatorial moon, continued for a whole fortnight, and the keenest severity...a constant transfer of whatever moisture may exist ou its surface, from the point beiR-uth the sun to that opposite, by distillation in racito, after... | |
 | Thomas Spofford - 1835 - Počet stránok 84
...solar eclipses. Hence the climate of the moon must be very extraordinary ; the alteration being from unmitigated and burning sunshine, fiercer than an equatorial noon, continued for a whole fortnight, to the keenest severity of frost, far exceeding that of our polar winters, for an equal time. It is... | |
 | Thomas Lockerby - 1839 - Počet stránok 566
...clouds, nor any indications of an atmosphere. Hence itsclimatemustbeveryextraordinary,the alternation being that of unmitigated and burning sunshine, fiercer...exceeding that of our polar winters, for an equal time. It is possible that evaporation on the one hand, and condensation on the other, may, to a certain extent,... | |
 | 1839 - Počet stránok 608
...climates must be very extraordinary, unmitigated and burning sunshine, fiercer than our equatorial sun, for a whole fortnight ; and the keenest severity of frost far exceeding that of our polar regions, for an equal space of time. It is possible that evaporation on the one band, and condensation... | |
 | Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna - 1839 - Počet stránok 598
...climates must be very extraordinary, unmitigated and burning sunshine, fiercer than our equatorial sun, for a whole fortnight; and the keenest severity of frost far exceeding that of our polar regions, for an equal space of time. It is possible that evaporation on the one hand, and condensation... | |
 | 1853 - Počet stránok 588
...must be very extraordinary — the alteration being that of unmitigated and burning sunshine, fieicer than an equatorial noon, continued for a whole fortnight,...exceeding that of our polar winters for an equal time." It would seem, then, that though all else were equal, the variations in amount of light and heat would... | |
 | M. C. Best - 1844 - Počet stránok 204
...829. other indications of an atmosphere; hence its climate must be very extraordinary; the alternation being that of unmitigated and burning sunshine, fiercer...exceeding that of our polar winters, for an equal time."* If then she is inhabited, an inference which appears to be universally admitted, her occupants must... | |
 | National Sunday school union - 1871 - Počet stránok 598
...seen; hence as Herschel says, " The climate of the moon must be very extraordinary, the alternation being that of unmitigated and burning sunshine, fiercer...exceeding that of our polar winters for an equal time." But what a scene is revealed to the eye! On all hands are vast worn out craters rising towards the... | |
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