Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Caloric, Vol. 1: Its Mechanical, Chemical and Vital Agencies in the Phenomena of Nature
In all ages of the civilized world, light has been recognized as a powerful agent in the work of the universe. As the great Painter of Nature, it gives to the dome of heaven its azure hue; to the rainbow its gorgeous red, brilliant yellow, refreshing green and lovely blue, Shading into the softer violet. It is solar light which touches the morning and evening clouds with its celestial pencil, when they glow with vivid tints of ruby, sapphire and gold. It adorns the ?owery fields with an end less \variety of enchanting colours; while it is perpetually modifying the taste, odour and other sensible properties of different bodies.
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