Maybe it was a common way of thinking about atmosphere back then. I remember while reading up on the history of climate science, that Fourier found that the pl

Maybe it was a common way of thinking about atmosphere back then. I remember while reading up on the history of climate science, that Fourier found that the planet should be markedly colder than it is, purely from physics. Then calling atmosphere a blanket that keeps it warm. That must have been in the early 1800s. So thought was moving in the right direction long ago.