| Henry Woodward - 1869 - 646 pages
...stream amounts to 154,959,300,000,000,000,000 footpounds. From observations made by Sir John Herschel and by M. Pouillet on the direct heat of the sun,...foot of surface placed at right angles to the sun's rays.3 Mr. Meech estimates that the quantity of heat cut off by the atmosphere is equal to about 22... | |
| John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1869 - 998 pages
...stream amounts to 154,1)59,300,000,000,000,000 foot-pounds. From observations made by Sir John Hersehel and by M. Pouillet on the direct heat of the sun,...rays. Mr. Meech estimates that the quantity of heat cul off by the atmosphere is equal to about 22 per cent, of the total amount received from the sun.... | |
| Henry Woodward - 1869 - 664 pages
...stream amounts to 154,959,300,000,000,000,000 footpounds. From observations made by Sir John Herschel and by M. Pouillet on the direct heat of the sun,...foot of surface placed at right angles to the sun's rays.3 Mr. Meech estimates that the quantity of heat cut off by the atmosphere is equal to about 22... | |
| 1870 - 500 pages
...stream amounts to 154,969,300,000,000,000,000 foot-pounds. From observations made by Sir John Herschel and by M. Pouillet on the direct heat of the sun,...foot of surface placed at right angles to the sun's rays.f Mr. Meech estimates that the quantity of heat cut off by the atmosphere is equal to about 22... | |
| E.R. KNORR - 1871 - 408 pages
...7,359,900,000,000 cubic feet per hour. From observations made by Sir John Herschel and by Mr. Poulllet on the direct heat of the sun, it is found that, were...cent.. of the total amount received from the sun. Mr. Pouillet estimates the loss at 24 per cent. Taking the former estimate, 64.74 foot-pounds per second... | |
| James Croll - 1875 - 632 pages
...direct heat of the sun, it is found that, were no heat absorbed by the atmosphere, about eighty-three foot-pounds per second would fall upon a square foot...of heat cut off by the atmosphere is equal to about twenty-two per cent, of the total amount received from the sun. M. Pouillet estimates the loss at twenty-four... | |
| James Croll - 1875 - 624 pages
...Sea," { 24, 6th edition. t " Physical Geography," ยง 54. From observations made by Sir John Herschel and by M, Pouillet on the direct heat of the sun,...that, were no heat absorbed by the atmosphere, about eighty-three foot-pounds per second would fall upon a square foot of surface placed at right angles... | |
| Geological Society of Glasgow - 1866 - 272 pages
...stream amounts to 154,959,300,000,000,000,000 foot-pounds. From observations made by Sir John Herschel and by M. Pouillet on the direct heat of the sun,...surface placed at right angles to the sun's rays. J Mr. Meech estimates that the quantity of heat cut off by the atmosphere is equal to about 22 per... | |
| 1867 - 1174 pages
...stream amounts to 154,959,300,000,000,000,000 foot-pounds. From observations made by Sir John Herschel and by M. Pouillet on the direct heat of the sun,...of surface placed at right angles to the sun's rays J. Mr. Meech estimates that the quantity of heat cut off by the atmosphere is equal to about 22 per... | |
| 1870 - 958 pages
...stream amounts to 154,959,300,000,000,000,000 foot-pounds. From observations made by Sir John Herschel and by M. Pouillet on the direct heat of the sun,...foot of surface placed at right angles to the sun's rays.f Mr. Meech estimates that the quantity of heat cut off by the atmosphere is equal to about 22... | |
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