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 221
scarlet clouds, so like our own terrestrial clouds,indeed, in form and texture, that the resemblance is quitestartling. One might almost think he was looking out througha partly-opened door upon a sunset sky, except that there isno variety or contrast of color; all the cloudlets are of thesame pure… … Fig. 217. 199. Quiescent Prominences. — The prominences differ as widely in formand structure as inmagnitude. The twoprincipal classes arethe quiescent, cloud-formed, or hydrogen-ous, and the eruptive,or metallic. The quiescent prominences resem-ble almost exactlyour terrestrial clouds, and differ…
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