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... Aurora Borea- lis " Gassendi included , in 1621 , the lumi- nous appearances vaguely and variously described by ancient and medieval writers as chasmata , trabes , faces , capra saltans , draco volans , etc. The bestowal of the name was ...
... Aurora Borea- lis " Gassendi included , in 1621 , the lumi- nous appearances vaguely and variously described by ancient and medieval writers as chasmata , trabes , faces , capra saltans , draco volans , etc. The bestowal of the name was ...
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The aurora of January 7 , 1831 , was attended by a similar appearance . Thus , the " beam " observed in 1882 seems to have belonged to a class of auroral phe- nomena . Nor was it without a solar ana- logue . On the minute terrestrial ...
The aurora of January 7 , 1831 , was attended by a similar appearance . Thus , the " beam " observed in 1882 seems to have belonged to a class of auroral phe- nomena . Nor was it without a solar ana- logue . On the minute terrestrial ...
Page 210
... aurora , and had only succeeded in identifying the citron line with itself . An attempt to establish an analogy between the original radiance of the sun's corona and auroral light promptly collapsed ; vacuum tubes , and electric " glows ...
... aurora , and had only succeeded in identifying the citron line with itself . An attempt to establish an analogy between the original radiance of the sun's corona and auroral light promptly collapsed ; vacuum tubes , and electric " glows ...
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