[meteorite-list] Newspaper Article, 06-14-1860 Meteorite Creates Sun's Heat
From: MARK BOSTICK <thebigcollector_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:07:02 2004 Message-ID: <OE86D9KH6z1r52Q8xBB00003dcb_at_hotmail.com> ------=_NextPart_001_0008_01C275F3.AFAF5000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable New York Times =20 New York City, NY. =20 June 14, 1860 Page: 2 - The last number of the London Philosophical Magazine contains a paper b= y Mr. J. Waterson, recording an elaborate series of inductions with respe= ct to the heat engendered by the possible fall of a meteor into the sun. = NEWTON, as is well known, conjectured that the sun received a supply of f= orce from bodies descending upon it. A conjecture favored by Mr. CARRINGT= ON'S recent observations of the sun, establishing the fact of an outburst= of light above the solar surface. The burst of light, was of much greate= r intensity than the sun's normal surface. The existence of a transparent= atmosphere seems also to be positively demonstrated by the blaze occurri= ng above the spots. Mr. WATERSON estimates the solar temperature as above= TEN MILLION degrees (10,000,000 degrees); which, to say the least, certa= inly throws our terrestrial temperatures quite into the shade. ------=_NextPart_001_0008_01C275F3.AFAF5000 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <HTML><BODY STYLE=3D"font:10pt verdana; border:none;"><DIV><B><FONT face=3D= Arial size=3D2> <P>New York Times</FONT><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman"><F= ONT size=3D3> </FONT></P></FONT><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> <P>New York = City, NY. </P> <P>June 14, 1860</P> <P>Page: 2</P></B></FONT><FONT size=3D= 2> <P>- The last number of the London Philosophical Magazine contains a p= aper by Mr. J. Waterson, recording an elaborate series of inductions with= respect to the heat engendered by the possible fall of a meteor into the= sun. NEWTON, as is well known, conjectured that the sun received a suppl= y of force from bodies descending upon it. A conjecture favored by Mr. CA= RRINGTON'S recent observations of the sun, establishing the fact of an ou= tburst of light above the solar surface. The burst of light, was of much = greater intensity than the sun's normal surface. The existence of a trans= parent atmosphere seems also to be positively demonstrated by the blaze o= ccurring above the spots. Mr. WATERSON estimates the solar temperature as= above TEN MILLION degrees (10,000,000 degrees); which, to say the least,= certainly throws our terrestrial temperatures quite into the shade.</P><= /FONT><BR><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_001_0008_01C275F3.AFAF5000-- Received on Thu 17 Oct 2002 04:41:40 PM PDT |
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