 | Charles Frederick Winslow, M.D. - 1869 - 514 pages
...Greenwich mean time, and lib. " 23m. was taken for the time of disappearance. In this " lapse of five minutes, the two patches of light traversed a " space of about 35,000 miles," and they were computed to be as large in area as the earth itself. Mr. Hodgson, who fortunately was... | |
 | 1907 - 936 pages
...tsm Greenwich mean time, and llb 23m was taken for the time of disappearance. In this lapse of five minutes, the two patches of light traversed a space of about 35,000 miles. . . . 1 1 was impossible, on first witnessing an appearance so similar to a sudden conflagration, not... | |
 | Michael J. Carlowicz, Ramon E. Lopez - 2002 - 270 pages
...have been monumental even if it had not been the first one observed. By Carrington's own accounting, the "two patches of light traversed a space of about 35,000 miles" across the face of the Sun (see Figure 6). In the moments after the solar flare, Carrington was surprised... | |
 | 1865 - 430 pages
...18m. Greenwich mean time, and llh. 23m. was taken for the time of disappearance. In this lapse of five minutes, the two patches of light traversed a space of about 35,000 miles. . . . The impression left upon me is that the phenomenon took place at an elevation considerably above... | |
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On this scale the section of the earth will be very nearly equal in area to that of the detached spot situated most to the north in the diagram, and the section of Jupiter would about cover the area of the larger group, without including the outlying... 