Moulton, Forest Ray, 1872-1952 · New York, The Macmillan company · leaf 452
bances on the sun withoutaccompanying terrestrial phenomena. The correlation ofthese phenomena is shown in Fig. 155. CH. XI, 239] THE SUN 405 The first suggested explanation of magnetic storms on theearth was that the sun induces changes in the earths mag-netic state by sending out… … Fig. 155. — Curves of magnetic storms, prominences, faculae, and sun spotdfrom 1882 to 1904. and heat in 4 months. A recent exhaustive discussion of thedata has led Maunder to the conclusion that the source ofthe periodic magnetic storms is in the sun, that the magneticdisturbances are confined to…
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