... or 3" wide, brighter and closer together where the pillars had formerly stood, and rapidly ascending. ' When I first looked some of them had already reached a height of nearly 4... The Spectroscope and Its Work - Page 107by Hugh Frank Newall - 1910 - 163 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1872 - 1200 pages
...first looked, some of them had already reached a height of nearly four minutes ; la hundred thousand miles ;) and while I watched them they rose, with...almost perceptible to the eye, until in ten minutes (five minutes past one PM) the uppermost were more than two hundred thousand miles above the solar... | |
| 1872 - 858 pages
...surface when Professor Young first saw them, they moved higher and higher under his very eyes, '• with a motion almost perceptible to the eye," until in ten minutes some of them were upwards of 200,000 miles above the surface of the sun. This motion, "almost perceptible... | |
| 1871 - 852 pages
...1 first looked some of them had already reached a height of nearly 4' (1 00,000 miles), and while T watched them they rose with a motion almost perceptible to the eye, until in ten minutes (1.05) the uppermost were more than 200,000 milrx above the solar surface. This was ascertained by... | |
| Royal Astronomical Society - 1871 - 718 pages
...rapidly ascending. Some of them had already reached a height of 100,000 miles, and they continued to rise with a motion almost perceptible to the eye until,...were more than 200,000 miles above the solar surface, the velocity of ascent was therefore 166 miles per second. We must refer our readers for the details... | |
| 1872 - 412 pages
...rapidly ascending. Some of them had already reached a height of 100,000 miles, and they continued to rise with a motion almost perceptible to the eye until,...were more than 200,000 miles above the solar surface, the velocity of ascent was therefore 1 66 miles per second. We must refer our readers for the details... | |
| Richard Anthony Proctor - 1872 - 576 pages
...and rapidly ascending. ' When I first looked some of them had already reached a height of nearly 4'( 100,000 miles), and while I watched them they rose...almost perceptible to the eye, until in ten minutes (1.5) the uppermost were more than 200,000 miles above the solar surface. This was ascertained by careful... | |
| James Samuelson, Henry Lawson, William Sweetland Dallas - 1872 - 504 pages
...and rapidly ascending. When I first looked some of them had already reached a height of nearly 4'( 100,000 miles) ; and while I watched them they rose,...almost perceptible to the eye, until in ten minutes (1 h. 5m. PM) the uppermost were more than 200,000 miles above the solar surface. This was ascertained... | |
| 1872 - 830 pages
...and rapidly ascending. When I first looked some of them had already reached a height of nearly 4', (100,000 miles;) and while I watched them they rose,...almost perceptible to the eye, until in ten minutes (i h. 5 mp M.) the uppermost were more than 200,000 miles above the solar surface. This was ascertained... | |
| James Samuelson, Henry Lawson, William Sweetland Dallas - 1872 - 486 pages
...rapidly ascending. When I first looked some of them had already reached a height of nearly 4'(100,000 miles) ; and while I watched them they rose, with...almost perceptible to the eye, until in ten minutes (1 h. 5m. PM) the uppermost were more than 200,000 miles above the solar surface. This was ascertained... | |
| 1872 - 844 pages
...sun's surface when Professor Young first saw them, they moved higher and higher under his very eyes, "with a motion almost perceptible to the eye." until in ten minutes some of them were upwards of 200,000 miles above the surface of the sun. This motion, " almo-t perceptible... | |
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