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ing at the surface, or upon the dissolving
of the luminous matter in the solar atmo-
sphere, as clouds are melted and again given
out by our air; or, if the reader pleases,
upon the annihilation and reproduction of
parts of this resplendent covering, is left for
theory to guess at.[3]
Ever since that date theory has been
guessing at it. The solar astronomer is still
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