THE HEAT OF THE SUN.
Some curious /acls in connection with the temperature of the sun ore given in a recent number of a French scientffic journal, Newton, one of tbe first investi* gators of ibe problem, tried t» determine if", and after him all the scientists who ; have been occupied with colorimetry have followed his example. All have believed themselves successful, and bavo formalated (heirresul's with great confidence. Tiie following; are the results, given in tbe chronological order of publication, according ta the centigrade scale : — New» ; (on, 1.G69,:300 deg. ; Pouillet, UGLdea. ; ' Zoiner, 102,000 deaf .: Seecbi, 5,34:4,840 < tie*. ; Ericsson. 2,727,700 deg. ; Fizeau, 7-503 deg. ; Waters'on, 0.000,000 deg. : 1 S'poerer, 27,000 de?.; 11. Sainte-Cbiie I Dcville, 9500 deg. ; SoreL 5,801,816 dc?. ; ; Uossctli, 20,000 de^. There probably ! 'ors not exist in I'ie aunils of science a I more astonishing oonlradio'ion (Imn thnt rorralcd in ilicve ii^iins. One is struck i in reading on the one li.md (he names of ! l!'e?e masters, and on the other these i'!p:nres, which vary from 1400 deg. io piooo,ooo -leg.
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Inangahua Times, Volume II, 25 October 1880, Page 2
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