Science, Volume 77, Issues 1984-2009John Michels (Journalist) 1933 |
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Page 72
... heat as of a pound of ice ; but a pound of heat is a very large amount - enough , in fact , to melt 30 million tons of rock and turn it into white hot lava . The sun radiates heat away into the depths of space at the rate of 4,200,000 ...
... heat as of a pound of ice ; but a pound of heat is a very large amount - enough , in fact , to melt 30 million tons of rock and turn it into white hot lava . The sun radiates heat away into the depths of space at the rate of 4,200,000 ...
Page 75
... heat would flow from the hotter parts to the center and could not be accounted for except by the grotesque assumption that the central material consumed heat instead of liberating it . Start the calculations by guessing at any plausible ...
... heat would flow from the hotter parts to the center and could not be accounted for except by the grotesque assumption that the central material consumed heat instead of liberating it . Start the calculations by guessing at any plausible ...
Page 77
... heat within it and the loss by radiation . They act slowly , because the store of heat already inside a star is so great . For example , the sun's interior contains , in the form of actual heat ( disregarding potential energy of all ...
... heat within it and the loss by radiation . They act slowly , because the store of heat already inside a star is so great . For example , the sun's interior contains , in the form of actual heat ( disregarding potential energy of all ...
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