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On the Conservation of Solar Energy

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Dr. SIEMENS'S theory of the constitution of the sun implies that there is an absorption of solar rays constantly going on in space. If this is so, space cannot be perfectly transparent.

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MURPHY, J. On the Conservation of Solar Energy. Nature 26, 31 (1882). https://doi.org/10.1038/026031b0

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