Snelling, Henry Hunt, 1816-1897 · [New York : W.B. Smith] · leaf 62
y. TO BE CONTINUED. WHAT THE SUNBEAM DOES. i^^. EAT, or the coloric por-tion of the sunbeam, isthe great cause of lifeand motion in this ourworld. As it were witha mao-ical energy, itcauses the winds to blowthe waters to flow, vivifiesand animates all nature, andthen bathes it in refreshing dew.The… … are nearer the sun than we are in summer,yet, in consequence of the position of theearth at that season, the suns rays fallobliquely on its northern hemisphere, ren-dering it far colder than at any other periodof the year. A great portion of the heat-rays which,are emitted by the sun are absorbed…
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