Sun, moon, and stars. Astronomy for beginners (1893)
Giberne, Agnes, 1845-1939 · New York, American tract society · leaf 50
ery ocean. Flames they are often called, though not con-suming flames, like those which burn away sub-stances in our earthly atmosphere, but rathercontinuously glowing masses of gas, luminouswith vehement heat. The height of these prominences has been re-peatedly measured. Some are so lofty that… … Orbits of the Planets. The Head of gut Family. 39 Outside the prominences lies the corona—abeautiful crown of soft light, plainly visible to thenaked eye during an eclipse. Some of the stream-ers of this mysterious surrounding crown, or at-mosphere, reach to a distance of a million miles.Little is…
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