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Chapter 11

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TEMPERATURE OF THE SUN

Thermal Power of the Sun--Radiation and Temperature--Estimates of Solar Temperature--Rosetti's and Wilson's Results--Zoellner's Method --Langley's Experiment at Pittsburg--The Sun's Atmosphere--Langley's Bolometric Researches--Selective Absorption by our Air--The Solar Constant 216