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Quotes from On the Temperatures of the Terrestrial Sphere and the Planetary Spaces — Joseph Fourier

1768–1830 France

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This distinction of luminous and non-luminous heat, explains the elevation of temperature caused by transparent bodies.

On the Temperatures of the Terrestrial Sphere and the Planetary Spaces (1827)

The solar system is situated in a region of the universe, every point of which has a common and constant temperature, determined by the rays of light and heat which proceed from the surrounding stars. This low temperature is a little below that of the polar regions of the earth.

On the Temperatures of the Terrestrial Sphere and the Planetary Spaces (1827)

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