Quote#Nature
The intrinsic brightness of the Sun is fully 5,000 times as great as…
Quote byRobert Stawell Ball · 1840–1913
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Story of the Sun, London, 1906, p. 103.
English (original)
The intrinsic brightness of the Sun is fully 5,000 times as great as if the whole surface were formed of the molten steel just issuing from the Bessemer converter.
— Robert Stawell Ball
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