Kippax, John Robert, 1849- [from old catalog] · New York and London, G. P. Putnam's sons · leaf 360
gions unknown, an occasional one, per-chance, finding its way to one of the planets. The visible, bright surface of the Sun—the innermostportion that can be seen—is the photosphere, orlight sphere. It is a white cloud-like covering, com-posed largely of intensely hot metallic vapours, andfrom it… … U. S. Naval Observatory, Washington Plate XXIII. Total Eclipse of the Sun, with Corona,May 28, 1900 The Sun 293 surface has a granulated or mottled appearance, whichhas been aptly compared to that of a piece of grey-cloth with rice-grains or snowflakes thickly scatteredover it. Above the seething…
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