 | Robert Chambers - 1832 - 846 oldal
...writer, was an assertion that the sun is not a body of fire, as alleged by astronomers, ' but its light proceeds from a dense and universal aurora, which may afford ample light to the inhabitants of the lurface (of the sun) beneath, and yet be at such a distance aloft as not to annoy them.' The recorder... | |
 | 1843 - 640 oldal
...author asserted 'V^nat the sun is not a body of fire as hath been hitherto supposed, but that its light proceeds from a dense and universal aurora, which may afford ample light to the inhabitants of that body's surface beneath, and yet be at such a distance aloft as not to annoy them. No objection,"... | |
 | John Leifchild - 1849 - 276 oldal
...set up, and a strong proof was adduced in the circumstance of Dr. Elliott having positively asserted that " the light of the sun proceeds from a dense...afford ample light to the inhabitants of the surface (of the sun) beneath, and yet be such a distance aloft as not to annoy them. No objection," says he,... | |
 | 1852 - 672 oldal
...opinion, he directed the attention of the court to a passage of the letter, in which Dr. Elliot states, ' that the light of the sun proceeds from a dense and...afford ample light to the inhabitants of the surface (of the sun) beneath, and yet be at such a distance aloft as not to annoy them. No objection, suys... | |
 | 1854 - 704 oldal
...opinion, he directed the attention of the court to a passage of the letter, in which Dr. Elliot states 'that the light of the sun proceeds from a dense and...which may afford ample light to the inhabitants of the sun beneath, and yet be at such a distance alott as not to annoy them. No objection, ' says he, 'ariseth... | |
 | Henry Charles Carey - 1858 - 500 oldal
...by his medical attendant to be insane, because he had sent a paper to the Royal Society, in which he maintained that the light of the sun proceeds from...beneath, and yet be at such a distance aloft as not to be among them; that there may be water and dry land there, hills and dales, rain and fair weather ;... | |
 | Henry Charles Carey - 1858 - 510 oldal
...maintained that the light of the sun proceeds from a dense and universal nurora, which may afford iimple light to the inhabitants of the surface beneath, and yet be at such a distance aloft as not to be among them ; that there may be water and dry land there, hills and dales, rain and fair weather... | |
 | Henry Charles Carey - 1858 - 508 oldal
...by his medical attendant to be insane, because he had sent a paper to the Royal Society, in which he maintained that the light of the sun proceeds from a dense and universal nurora, which may afford ample light to the inhabitants of the surface beneath, and yet be at such... | |
 | David Brewster - 1876 - 354 oldal
...by his medical attendant to be insoie, because he had sent a paper to the Royal Society, in which he maintained " that the light of the sun proceeds from a dense and universal aurora waich may afford ample light to the inhabitants of the surface beneath, and yet be at such a distance... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1883 - 866 oldal
...writer, was an assertion that the sun is not a body of fire, as alleged by astronomers, ' but its light proceeds from a dense and universal aurora, which...afford ample light to the inhabitants of the surface (of the sun) beneath, and yet be at euch a distance aloft as not to annoy them.' The recorder objected... | |
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No objection, says he, ariseth to that great luminary being inhabited ; vegetation may obtain there, as well as with us. There may be water and dry land, hills and dales, rain and fair weather, and as the... 
