 | sir John Frederick W. Herschel (1st bart.) - 1833 - 500 pages
...and scattering power of the atmosphere, no objects would be visible to us out of direct sunshine ; every shadow of a passing cloud would be pitchy darkness...admission, would be involved in nocturnal obscurity. This scattering action of the atmosphere on the solar light, it should be observed, is greatly increased... | |
 | Sir John Frederick William Herschel - 1833 - 444 pages
...reflective and scattering power of the atmosphere, no objects would be visible to us out of direct sunshine; every shadow of a passing cloud would be pitchy darkness...admission, would be involved in nocturnal obscurity. This scattering action of the atmosphere on the solar light, it should be observed, is greatly increased... | |
 | 1833 - 468 pages
...reflective and scattering power of the atmosphere, no objects would be visible to us out of direct sunshine; every shadow of a passing cloud would be pitchy darkness;...the sun had not direct admission, would be involved inr nocturnal obscurity. This scattering action of the atmosphere on the solar light, it should be... | |
 | William Prout - 1834 - 618 pages
...visible to us out of direct sunshine, every shadow of a passing cloud would be pitchy darkness; the stare would be visible all day, and every apartment into...admission would be involved in nocturnal obscurity." Again to use the words of the same author, in speaking of twilight, — " After the sun and moon are... | |
 | Thomas Chalmers - 1836 - 572 pages
...reflecting and scattering power of the atmosphere, no objects would be visible to us out of direct sunshine, every shadow of a passing cloud would be pitchy darkness...admission would be involved in' nocturnal obscurity." Again to use the words of the same author, in speaking of twilight, — " After the sun and moon are... | |
 | 1836 - 300 pages
...reflecting and scattering power of the atmosphere, no objects would be visible to us out of direct sunshine, every shadow of a passing cloud would be pitchy darkness...admission would be involved in nocturnal obscurity." Again to use the words of the same author, in speaking of twilight, — " After the sun and moon are... | |
 | Denison Olmsted - 1839 - 300 pages
...and scattering it in various directions, no objects would be visible to us out of direct sunshine ; every shadow of a passing cloud would be pitchy darkness...sun had not direct admission, would be involved in the obscurity of night. This scattering action of the atmosphere on the solar light, is greatly increased... | |
 | Denison Olmsted - 1839 - 306 pages
...and scattering it in various directions, no objects would be visible to us out of direct sunshine ; every shadow of a passing cloud would be pitchy darkness...sun had not direct admission, would be involved in the obscurity of night. This scattering action of the atmosphere on the solar light, is greatly increased... | |
 | George Crabbe - 1840 - 474 pages
...and scattering power of the atmosphere, no objects would be visible to us out of direct sunshine ; every shadow of a passing cloud would be pitchy darkness...admission, would be involved in nocturnal obscurity. " — Treatise on Astronomy, p. 33. Now, to produce this effect, there must be, as has been observed,... | |
 | George Crabbe - 1840 - 508 pages
...and scattering power of the atmosphere, no objects would be visible to us out of direct sunshine ; every shadow of a passing cloud would be pitchy darkness...would be visible all day, and every apartment into \vhich the sun had not direct admission, would be involved in nocturnal obscurity. " — Treatise on... | |
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Were it not for the reflective and scattering power of the atmosphere, no objects would be visible to us out of direct sunshine; every shadow of a passing cloud would be pitchy darkness ; the stars would be visible all day, and every apartment, into which... 
