Gallery of Nature and Art, Or a Tour Through Creation and Science: Illustrated with 100 Plates, Volume 4R. Wilks, 1815 |
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... Lights in the Air , March 6 , 1716 iii . Lumen Boreale , or Streaming 400 414 iv . Remarkable Red Lights seen in various places in the Air , Dec. 16 , 1737 416 v . Account of Luminous Arches 421 XLVI . Blazing Balls and Burning Stones ...
... Lights in the Air , March 6 , 1716 iii . Lumen Boreale , or Streaming 400 414 iv . Remarkable Red Lights seen in various places in the Air , Dec. 16 , 1737 416 v . Account of Luminous Arches 421 XLVI . Blazing Balls and Burning Stones ...
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... light at all . The colour be- comes always lighter in proportion to the vapours mixed with the air . Hence it is evidently owing to them . * Mem . Par . 1753. p . 515 . + Jour . de Phys . xxxvi . 98 . Saussure , Voyages dans les Alpes ...
... light at all . The colour be- comes always lighter in proportion to the vapours mixed with the air . Hence it is evidently owing to them . * Mem . Par . 1753. p . 515 . + Jour . de Phys . xxxvi . 98 . Saussure , Voyages dans les Alpes ...
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... nearly vertical , any given part of the surface receives a much greater quantity of light and heat , than an equal portion near the poles ; and it is also still more affected by the sun's vertical rays , 42 ZONES AND CLIMATES .
... nearly vertical , any given part of the surface receives a much greater quantity of light and heat , than an equal portion near the poles ; and it is also still more affected by the sun's vertical rays , 42 ZONES AND CLIMATES .
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... light , that in latitude 45 ° , 80 parts out of 100 are transmitted at noon in July , and 55 only in December . The heat intercepted by the atmosphere is perhaps not wholly , but very nearly , lost with respect to the climate of the ...
... light , that in latitude 45 ° , 80 parts out of 100 are transmitted at noon in July , and 55 only in December . The heat intercepted by the atmosphere is perhaps not wholly , but very nearly , lost with respect to the climate of the ...
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... light , and that their motion , communicated to the particles of other bodies , has the power of expanding them ; thus if heat , or the force of repulsion , be so in- creased in an elastic fluid , as to overcome the force of cohesion ...
... light , and that their motion , communicated to the particles of other bodies , has the power of expanding them ; thus if heat , or the force of repulsion , be so in- creased in an elastic fluid , as to overcome the force of cohesion ...
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appears arch atmosphere aurora borealis body Captain Cook carbonic acid cause clouds coast cold colour common conductor considerable continued degree direction distance diurnal motion earth east effect equal equator evaporation experiments explosion fall feet fell fire frequently glass globe ground gulf of Bengal half harmattan heat height horizon hurricane inches iron rod islands land latitude light Lucretius luminous magnet manner matter mercury metal meteor miles minutes monsoon months moon motion nearly needle night north pole northern o'clock observed oxygen particles passed phænomena phenomenon phial Phil philosophers pole produced quantity rain rarefaction remarkable seems seen ship side snow sometimes sound south pole south-west specific gravity stone storm substances supposed surface temperature thermometer thunder tion Trans tropic of Capricorn tube vapour variation velocity violent weather whole wind blows winter wire
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Página 508 - Olympian games or Pythian fields ; 530 Part curb their fiery steeds, or shun the goal With rapid wheels, or fronted brigades form. As when to warn proud cities, war appears Waged in the troubled sky, and armies rush To battle in the clouds, before each van Prick forth the airy knights, and couch their spears Till thickest legions close ; with feats of arms From either end of Heaven the welkin burns.
Página 90 - Ninety-seven ice hills were distinctly seen within the field, besides those on the outside; many of them very large, and looking like a ridge of mountains, rising one above another till they were lost in the clouds.
Página 255 - It was in vain to think of flying ; the swiftest horse, or fastest sailing ship could be of no use to carry us out of this danger; and the full persuasion of this rivetted me as if to the spot where I stood, and let the camels gain on me so much in my state of lameness, that it was with some difficulty I could overtake them.
Página 255 - ... majestic slowness ; at intervals we thought they were coming in a very few minutes to overwhelm us ; and small quantities of sand did actually more than once reach us. Again they would retreat so as to be almost out of sight, their tops reaching to the very clouds...
Página 92 - The wild rocks raised their lofty summits till they were lost in the clouds, and the valleys lay covered with everlasting snow. Not a tree was to be seen, nor a shrub even big enough to make a toothpick.
Página 305 - This kite is to be raised when a thunder-gust appears to be coming on, and the person who holds the string must stand within a door or window, or under some cover, so that the silk ribbon may not be wet ; and care must be taken that the twine does not touch the frame of the door or window.
Página 93 - ... a country doomed by nature never once to feel the warmth of the sun's rays, but to lie buried in everlasting snow and ice.
Página 509 - Placed far amid the melancholy main, (Whether it be lone Fancy him beguiles ; Or that aerial beings sometimes deign To stand embodied, to our senses plain), Sees on the naked hill, or valley low, The whilst in ocean Phoebus dips his wain, A vast assembly moving to and fro : Then all at once in air dissolves the wondrous show.
Página 255 - We were here at once surprised and terrified by a sight surely one of the most magnificent in the world. In that vast expanse of desert, from W. and to NW of us, we saw a number of prodigious pillars of sand at different distances, at times moving with great celerity, at others stalking on with a majestic slowness; at intervals we thought they were coming in a very few minutes to overwhelm us; and small quantities of sand...
Página 306 - And when the rain has wet the. kite and twine, so that it can conduct the electric fire freely, you will find it stream out plentifully from the key on the approach of your knuckle.