FORBES, JAMES D.

The Bakerian Lecture. - On the Transparency of the Atmosphere and the Law of Extinction of the Solar Rays in passing through it.

(London, Richard and John E., Taylor, 1842.). 4to. No wrappers as extracted from "Philosophical Transactions" 1842 - Part II. Pp. 225-273 a. 9 folded engraved plates. Rextfigs.

A pioneer research on the connection between the atmosphere and solar radiation. In 1843 he received the Royal Medal for a paper on the "Transparency of the Atmosphere and the Laws of Extinction of the Sun's Rays passing through it."

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