A high-school astronomy: in which the descriptive, physical, and practical are combined .. (1853)
Mattison, Hiram, 1811-1868 · New York, F. J. Huntingdon [etc.] · leaf 43
he relative amount of lightand heat which they respectively receive from this greatluminary. 59. The amount of light and heat received from thesun, by the several planets, is in inverse proportion tothe square of their respective distances. 58. What effect has the distances of the planets from the… … 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 over…
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