Word: solarized
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...calories, but quanta. The sun shines upon our food products, and the sun shines secondarily within us. in the body's protoplasm. Energy contained in food is put there by the sun's radiation on the atoms of plants. Atoms are the vehicles that are filled with solar radiance as so many coiled springs. These countless atomfuls of energy are taken in as food. This life-sustaining radiation releases electrical currents for the body's electrical circuit or nervous system. Once in us, these tense vehicles, the atoms, are discharged in our protoplasm, the radiance furnishing...
...Among other supernal levels is one at 800,000 miles, discovered in 1928 by Norway's Carl Mulertz Stormer. Here begin to form Polar auroras from solar electrons projected 92 million miles...
...talk Shapley pointed out that three things among the many that confuse astronomers are (1) The origin, nature, and persistence of Cosmic meteors, appearing in the earth's atmosphere, coming from interstellar space and wholly independent of the solar system; (2) The existence of vagabond stars, intergalactic tramps, at the borders of the galaxy; and (3) The groupings and streams of the galaxies throughout the metagalactic structure, where we should expect uniform individual distribution...
Weather on Earth depends upon radiations from the Sun. Secretary Abbot is certain that if meteorologists know enough facts about the solar radiations they can make long-time predictions about Earth's weather. Years of solar observations have demonstrated definite cycles in the Sun's emanations, have made possible rough predictions of long summers, cold winters, good radio reception...
...site for a solar observatory must be high, dry and dustless. Best place found on earth is Mt. Montezuma, Chile. Excellent is Table Mountain, Calif. The Smithsonian's Washington station where Dr. Abbot works is hazy, merely geographically convenient. Until last year the Institution maintained an observatory on Mt. Brukkaros in southwest Africa. Dusty desert winds made that place untenable...