 ... atmosphere, and are diffused into that universal, soft light which we observe around us. REFLECTION adds to the brilliancy of the great mass of light transmitted from the sun. If all the objects on the surface of our planet were black, which is a...  Sciography: Or, Radial Projection of Shadows - Page 42by Robert Campbell Puckett - 1868 - 50 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1842 - 744 pages
...brilliancy by reflection. If all the objects on the surface of our phmet were to be black, which is a negation of all colour, the sun's light would be absorbed,...now enjoy. Nature has avoided this calamity, and, br producing all varieties of colours in objects," the sun's rays which fall upon them are less or... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1842 - 938 pages
...brilliancy by ftflection. If all the objects on the surface of our planet were to be black, which is a negation of all colour, the sun's light would be absorbed,...of the rays which fell upon them ; and we should, eten while the sun shone, possess much less light than w? now enjoy. Nature has avoided this calamity,... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Biography - 1844 - 344 pages
...surface of our planet were black, which is a negation of all color, the sun's light would be absorbed, and we should, even while the sun shone, possess much less light than we now enjoy. But, in consequence of the varied coloring in which our earth is dressed, the sun's rays are more or... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Astronomy - 1844 - 370 pages
...surface of our planet were black, which is a negation of all color, the sun's light would be absorbed, and we should, even while the sun shone, possess much less light than we now enjoy. But, in consequence of the varied coloring in which our earth is dressed, the sun's rays are more or... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Children's literature - 1852 - 372 pages
...surface of our planet were black, which is a negation of all color, the sun's light would be absorbed, and we should, even while the sun shone, possess much less light than we now enjoy. But, in consequence of the varied coloring in which our earth is dressed, the sun's rays are more or... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1856 - 866 pages
...light would be absorbed, or the object* wouU return no part of the rays which fell upon them ; anil we should, even while the sun shone, possess much...varieties of colours in objects, the sun's rays which fall npou thtjiu arc less or more reflected, or sent back into the general mass of light We now, then, understand... | |
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