The heavens above: a popular handbook of astronomy (1882)
Gillet, J. A. (Joseph Anthony), 1837-1908 · New York, Chicago, Potter, Ainsworth, & Co. · leaf 191
nsdisk often appear more or less distorted, as shown inFig. 186, which represents the contortion of the hydrogenhne as seen at various times, i and 2 indicate a rapidmotion of hydrogen away from us, or a down-rush at thesun; 3 and 4 (in which the line at the centre is dark onone side, and bent… … rig. 186. hydrogen; 5 indicates local down-rushes associated withquiescent hydrogen. The contorted lines, which indicate a violently agitatedstate of the suns atmosphere, appear in the midst of otherlines which indicate a quiescent state. This is owing tothe fact that the absorption which produces…
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