William Herschel Quote

According to my theory, a dark spot in the sun is a place in its atmosphere which happens to be free from luminous decompositions [above it].


Ch.4 "Life and Works" quote from his paper "Nature and Construction of the Sun and Fixed Stars" (1795). - Sir William Herschel: His Life and Works (1880)


According to my theory, a dark spot in the sun is a place in its atmosphere which happens to be free from luminous decompositions [above it].

According to my theory, a dark spot in the sun is a place in its atmosphere which happens to be free from luminous decompositions [above it].

According to my theory, a dark spot in the sun is a place in its atmosphere which happens to be free from luminous decompositions [above it].

According to my theory, a dark spot in the sun is a place in its atmosphere which happens to be free from luminous decompositions [above it].