A high-school astronomy: in which the descriptive, physical, and practical are combined .. (1859)
Mattison, Hiram, 1811-1868 · New York, Mason brothers · leaf 44
wed from theirsurfaces, so it must affect the relative amount of lightand heat which they respectively receive from this greatluminary. 59. The amount of light and heat received from thosun, by the several planets, is in inverse proportion tothe square of their respective distances. 58. What effect… … MVEM A 1. Here the light is seen passing in right lines, from the sun on the left toward theseveral planets on the right. It is also shown that the surfaces A, B, and C receive equalquantities of light, though Bis four times, and C nine times, as large as A; and as thelight falling upon A is spread…
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