Ericsson, John, 1803-1889 · New York : Printed for the author at "The Nation" Press · leaf 235
inislied to a seventli, or to a OOOth !It is true that, owing to the remarkable difference betweenthe properties of radiant heat as emitted from bodies ofvery exalted temperature as the sun, and as from such aswe commonly teim tvaiin, it is very possible that a denseatmosphere surrounding a planet,… … No doubt Pouillet would have felt as little hesitation asHerschel in determining by the application of the law ofinverse squares the temperature produced by solar radiationon Mercury. Chapter I. contains an elaborate demonstration,proving the correctness of this law with reference to radiat-ing…
