Excerpt from The History of the Works of the Learned, or an Impartial Account of Books Lately Printed in All Parts of Europe, Vol. 9: With a Particular Relation of the State of Learning in Each Country; For the Month of January, 1707 To explain how the Sun forms its Rays, drat this Star is furrounded as the Earth is, of Air. Which weighs on its Surface, and out a Fire, which is the liquideii thing in might be done with Water in a Bladder witha great many (mil Onfica. And Brongly comprefs'd a or. Fats M a you fee quick silver come out of. A flnmoy Skin, its put to clean when the Skin is prefs'd. There are the Rays, mach traverfing the Atmol'phere with the greateli Rapidity, mi meeting in their way with the Earth and Planets, impreis anthem as much Motion as they need to make them turn at the fine time towd the Sun and their own Axes. This Virtue, which is attributed to the Rays of the Sun, is manifeft by EX. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.