The sun not what it appears to be : a new cosmology, 1896.

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The sun not what it appears to be : a new cosmology, 1896.

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Essay presenting Rogers's theories concerning the nature of the sun and the earth's atmosphere. Rogers denies that the sun is a "fire-ball", arguing instead that atmospheric electricity, created through the energy of celestial motion, is responsible for producing heat and light.

1 v. (27 leaves) : ill., port. ; 28 cm.

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Smithsonian Institution. Hodgkins Fund.

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Rogers, Henry Raymond, 1822-1901

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Langley, S. P. (Samuel Pierpont), 1834-1906

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Samuel Pierpont Langley (1834-1906) was the third Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. He also served as the director of the Allegheny Observatory and a professory of astronomy at the Western University of Pennsylvania (now known as the University of Pittsburgh). While at the Smithsonian he founded the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory....