Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from A Rudimentary Treatise on Warming and Ventilation: Being a Concise Exposition of the General Principles of the Art of Warming and Ventilating Domestic and Public Buildings, Mines, Lighthouses, Ships, &C
How wonderful, too, is the action of the atmosphere on light. By its means the sun's rays are diffused, and their in?uence extended fizom the sunshine to the shade. Were it not for the atmosphere, the sun would shine in an intensely dark sky.
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