Elements of astronomy ... with explanatory notes, and questions for examination (1855)
Brocklesby, John, 1811-1889 · New York, Farmer, Brace & co. · leaf 149
tmosphere. Wheneverthese two envelopes the cloudy and the bright, are agi-tated by any causes existing in the sun, it frequentlyhappens, that they are rent asunder, and we perceivethrough the opening the dark body of the sun. Underthese circumstances a spot appears. The black portion ofthe sun… … Spot THE SUN HOW CONSTITUTED, as it would appear if Herschels views are true. In thiscut the dark circle S, represents the body of the sun,the deeply shaded ring CC the cloudy canopy, and theouter ring LC, of a lighter shade, the luminous stratum.The ruptures in the rings are the places of the…
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