The Atmosphere and Atmospherical PhenomenaReligious Tract Society, 1799 - 16 páginas |
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... origin , and where the aurora borealis displays its fantastic coruscations ; could we ascend to the ethereal spaces which intervene between us and the celestial bodies , and investigate those apparently INTRODUCTION . 11.
... origin , and where the aurora borealis displays its fantastic coruscations ; could we ascend to the ethereal spaces which intervene between us and the celestial bodies , and investigate those apparently INTRODUCTION . 11.
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... coruscations diffuse themselves over the whole face of the heavens . The appearances of the aurora may be arranged under the following particulars : - 1. A horizontal light , like the morning twilight or break of day . This light ...
... coruscations diffuse themselves over the whole face of the heavens . The appearances of the aurora may be arranged under the following particulars : - 1. A horizontal light , like the morning twilight or break of day . This light ...
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... coruscations . Such are some of the general appearances of the aurora borealis , but they are strikingly varied at different times , and it is difficult accurately to describe the shifting and splendid phenomena they present . : The ...
... coruscations . Such are some of the general appearances of the aurora borealis , but they are strikingly varied at different times , and it is difficult accurately to describe the shifting and splendid phenomena they present . : The ...
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... coruscations first began to appear , which , in a short time , diffused all the brightness which appears in a moonlight evening . About ten o'clock , the aurora shone in all its splendour , when coruscations , or streams of light , more ...
... coruscations first began to appear , which , in a short time , diffused all the brightness which appears in a moonlight evening . About ten o'clock , the aurora shone in all its splendour , when coruscations , or streams of light , more ...
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... coruscations , and giving to the whole celestial concave an appearance of terrific grandeur , which seemed to impress the mind of every beholder with awe and terror . This display continued during the night till four o'clock next ...
... coruscations , and giving to the whole celestial concave an appearance of terrific grandeur , which seemed to impress the mind of every beholder with awe and terror . This display continued during the night till four o'clock next ...
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Página 191 - LORD, how manifold are Thy works ! in wisdom hast Thou made them all ; the earth is full of Thy riches. So is this great and wide sea, wherein are things creeping innumerable, both small and great beasts.
Página 145 - Are there any among the vanities of the Gentiles that can cause rain ? or can the heavens give showers ? art not thou he, O Lord our God ? therefore we will wait upon thee: for thou hast made all these things.
Página 44 - This will cause the air at the equator to stand more than seven miles higher from the surface of the earth to the top of the atmosphere than at the north pole.
Página 8 - The works of the LORD are great, sought out of all them that have pleasure therein.
Página 191 - My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
Página 145 - Be ye ashamed, O ye husbandmen ; howl, O ye vinedressers, for the wheat and for the barley; because the harvest of the field is perished.
Página 145 - Thou crownest the year with thy goodness ; and thy paths drop fatness. They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness : and the little hills rejoice on every side. The pastures are clothed with flocks ; the valleys also are covered over with corn ; they shout for joy, they also sing.
Página 79 - They shall not build, and another inhabit: they shall not plant, and another eat: for as the days of a tree are the days of my people, and mine elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands.
Página 191 - How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God ! how great is the sum of them. If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.
Página 69 - This was succeeded by a laugh which was involuntary, but highly pleasurable, accompanied by a peculiar thrilling in the extremities— a sensation perfectly new and delightful. For many hours after this experiment, he imagined that his taste and smell were more acute, and is certain that he felt unusually strong and cheerful. In a second experiment, he felt pleasure still superior, and has since poetically remarked that he supposes the atmosphere of the highest of all possible heavens to be composed...