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Washington: GPO, 1933. Book. VG. Soft cover. 8vo. 14pp extract, illustrated with charts and 3 plates, including one showing Abbot's solar cooker on Mount Wilson, California, salvaged from a damaged copy of the Annual Report Of The Board Of Regents Of The Smithsonian Institution For The Year Ending June 30, 1932. Housed in protective mylar report cover..
Solar Radiation by Abbot, C. G - 1933
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Solar Radiation
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VG. Paper from disbound copy of the Annual Report for 1932., Without wraps with 8 text figs. & 3 pls. solar radiation Smithsonian Institution Washington, D.C. 1933 Pub. 3185 9 x 6", pp. 107-120, Reprinted from the Proceedings of the Ohio State Educational Conference, 11th session, Ohio State Univ. Bull. 36(3), 1931.
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- Publisher Smithsonian Institution
- Date Published 1933
- Keywords solar radiation atmosphere energy solar variation power
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Washington, D.C.: GPO Magazine. Very Good. Soft cover. pp107-120, plus three plates. Removed from ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, FOR THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1932. In plastic report covers. VG. From the article: "Directly or indirectly our most important interests depend on the solar radiation. The sun rays keep the earth warm enough to sustain life. Variations of their intensity associated with summer and winter, and with light and day, produce climates. Slight variations of the original output of rays from the sun itself seem to be highly influential in altering the weather. All growth in plants depends upon the application of solar energy. Our atmosphere is the source of carbon, which is a principal plant constituent. The trifling percentage of carbonic acid gas contained in air is the essential food of plants, but it can not nourish them without the help of radiation. The health of animals, including man, requires radiation. The prevention of rickets…
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