 The paper concludes as follows : — " An interesting physical speculation connected with this working hypothesis is the effect on the period of duration of a star's heat which •would be brought about by assuming that the original atoms of which a star...  Philosophical Magazine - Page 3811874Full view - About this book
 | Sir Norman Lockyer - 1875 - 544 pages
...were, bring into play a new supply of heat, and so prolong the star's light. May it not also be that if chemists take up this question which has arisen...the molecules of the metalloids taken as a whole, much of the power of variation] which is at present accorded to metals may be traced home to the metalloids?... | |
 | 1874 - 500 pages
...it is supposed that in the sun the temperature is too great to permit them to exist in that state in the reversing layer, though they may be found at the...only refer to the fact that, so far as I can learn, all so-called changes of atomicity take place wheii metalloids are involved, and not when the metals... | |
 | 1874 - 1094 pages
...it is supposed that in the sun the temperature is too great to permit them to exist in that state in the reversing layer, though they may be found at the...need only refer to the fact that, so far as I can leuru, all so-called changes of atomicity take place wheii metalloids are involved, and not when the... | |
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