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... MILE OF SUNLIGHT . 28 [ From Edin . Royal Soc . Trans . Vol . xxi . Part 1. , May , 1854 ; Phil . Mag . ix . 1854 ; Comptes Rendus , xxxIx . Sept. 1854. ] ART . LXVIII . APERÇU SUR DES RECHERCHES RELATIVES AUX EFFETS DES COURANTS ...
... MILE OF SUNLIGHT . 28 [ From Edin . Royal Soc . Trans . Vol . xxi . Part 1. , May , 1854 ; Phil . Mag . ix . 1854 ; Comptes Rendus , xxxIx . Sept. 1854. ] ART . LXVIII . APERÇU SUR DES RECHERCHES RELATIVES AUX EFFETS DES COURANTS ...
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... miles , and the Sun's radius being 441,000 miles , we infer that the rate of emission of heat from the Sun is ) • 06 × 95,000,000 ) 2 441,000 second per square foot of his surface . - 2781 thermal units per The mechanical value of this ...
... miles , and the Sun's radius being 441,000 miles , we infer that the rate of emission of heat from the Sun is ) • 06 × 95,000,000 ) 2 441,000 second per square foot of his surface . - 2781 thermal units per The mechanical value of this ...
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... miles per second , in the calculation of which , unless I am mistaken , there must be some error . + For a demonstration that it is not possible , see Addition , No. 1 . According to this form of the gravitation theory , a LXVI . ] 7 OF ...
... miles per second , in the calculation of which , unless I am mistaken , there must be some error . + For a demonstration that it is not possible , see Addition , No. 1 . According to this form of the gravitation theory , a LXVI . ] 7 OF ...
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... miles per second . The mechanical value ( being half that of a body falling to the Sun from a state of comparatively ... mile in 88 years . It would take 4000 years at this rate to grow a tenth of a second in apparent diameter , which ...
... miles per second . The mechanical value ( being half that of a body falling to the Sun from a state of comparatively ... mile in 88 years . It would take 4000 years at this rate to grow a tenth of a second in apparent diameter , which ...
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... miles thick in a year . At the same rate continued , a mass as large as the Sun is at present would burn away in 8000 years . If the Sun has been burning at that rate in past time , he must have been of double diameter , of quadruple ...
... miles thick in a year . At the same rate continued , a mass as large as the Sun is at present would burn away in 8000 years . If the Sun has been burning at that rate in past time , he must have been of double diameter , of quadruple ...
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