Astronomy for the use of schools and academies (1882)
Gillet, J. A. (Joseph Anthony), 1837-1908, Rolfe, W. J. (William James), 1827-1910 · New York : Potter, Ainsworth, & Co. · leaf 193
rious ways, as shown inFig. 189. In the left-hand portion of the diagram, the lineis deflected towards the red end of the spectrum; thisindicates a violent wind on the suns surface blowing away from us. In the right-hand portion of the dia-gram, the line is deflectedtowards the violet end ofthe… … Fig. 1 from us, and on the other side towards us. The distortions of the solar lines indicate that the windat the surface of the sun often blows with a velocity offrom one hundred to three hundred miles a second. The
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