The sun

Thk Chemical Radiations or theS un. Combinalions and DecompoB ilions produced byS olar Light Analysis of theS olar Rays. Lummous, Calorific, and Chemical Intensity of the yarioos parts of theS pectrum 66 CHAPTER n. INTLUENCB Of THE SUN UPON LITING BEINGS. Action of Solar Light on Plants. Evolution ofO xygen, retention of Carbon. Yetation in theD ark. Indirect Influence of Light on Flowers. Yegetables are beings spun out of air by theS un. Effects of Solar Rays upon theL ife of A nimals. Health of Man, and Life in the Country. Influence of theS un on the Terrestrial Globe. Recapitulation oC the foregoing facts. Religious conceptions of the A ryas 64 CHAPTER III. THE SUN IN THE PLANETABT WORLD. LP osition and Xnvluenoe or theS un in the Planbtabt StbTEH. Apparent diurnal Motion of theS un; Rising, Setting, Passage across theM eridian. Apparent annual Motion ofT ranslation; Reality of theE arth sM otion. The Sun is the common Focus of theO rbits of all the Planets. Enumeration of the three Groups of Planets belonging to theS olar World and of theirS atellites. The Planetary World as seen from Space: its Dimensions in length and breadth. How far those Comets penetrate it whose Orbits have been approximately calculated 78 gIL Fork and afpakbnt Dimensions or theS un. What is the Form of theS olar Disc? The Sun at the Horizon; its Doubly Elliptio Form Fantastic Forms caused by Refraction in Layers of Vapor. Various Means of obserring theS un without wounding theE ye. Hdiosoopes.
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