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Published by D. Appleton, New York, 1881
Seller: Thomas J. Joyce And Company, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 12mo, 321 pages + ads, decorated red cloth, head of spine worn. Uncommon Volume 34 in the International Scientific Series. Prof. Young was on the leading edge of solar astronomers. "It has been reserved for more modern times, and to our own century , to show clearly just how, in what sense, and how far the sunbeams are the life of the earth, and the sun himself the symbol and vicegerent [ sic] of the Deity. , The quantity of heat emitted is . equivalent to the consumption of alayer of the best anthracite coal nearly four inches thick every single second " - Introduction. Illustrated.