Atmosphere : a philosophical work / by George Woodhead.

  • Woodhead, George.
Date:
1852
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Atmosphere : a philosophical work / by George Woodhead. Source: Wellcome Collection.

    18/164 (page 6)
    CHAPTER II. ON HEAT THE ACTION OF LIGHT AND ATMOSPHERE AND THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE ATMOSPHERE OVER THE earth's SURFACE. In this paper an attempt is made to show that the effects usually ascribed to the sun's heat are produced by the com- bined action of light and air; that the degree of tlie sun's heat, at any given point, is in proportion to the intensity of the light and the pressure, and conse- quent density, of the atmosphere at that place; and that the distribution of the atmosphere over the earth's surface is effected and regulated by the earth's rota- tion on its axis. To the effects produced by the burning-