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... solar observatories on high mountains in dis- tant desert lands . Here our observers measure patiently , day after day , the exact strength of the solar rays on which the world's weather depends . Changes are found , some regularly ...
... solar observatories on high mountains in dis- tant desert lands . Here our observers measure patiently , day after day , the exact strength of the solar rays on which the world's weather depends . Changes are found , some regularly ...
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... solar sphere , a given cycle of spots finally disappearing just a few degrees from the solar equator . The true character of sunspots as magnetic whirls in the solar atmosphere was first established by Hale , of the Mount Wilson ...
... solar sphere , a given cycle of spots finally disappearing just a few degrees from the solar equator . The true character of sunspots as magnetic whirls in the solar atmosphere was first established by Hale , of the Mount Wilson ...
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... solar days vary in length during the year . For obvious reasons it is necessary that all days and all hours be of the same length ; therefore a mean solar time has been established , and this is sometimes ahead of and sometimes behind ...
... solar days vary in length during the year . For obvious reasons it is necessary that all days and all hours be of the same length ; therefore a mean solar time has been established , and this is sometimes ahead of and sometimes behind ...
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THE SUN by Dr C G Abbot | 3 |
CHASING AN ECLIPSE TO THE SOUTH SEAS by Prof | 14 |
A FUTURE JOURNEY TO THE MOON by Prof John | 25 |
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