They showed* that a burning surface of magnesium wire, which, seen from a point at the sea's level, has an apparent magnitude equal to that of the sun, effects on that point the same chemical action as the sun would do if shining from a cloudless sky... THE JOURNAL OF THE PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY OF LONDON. - Page 5by HUGH W. DIAMOND, M.D., F.S.A. - 1866Full view - About this book
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