Researches about Atmospheric PhaenomenaHarding, Mavor, and Lepard, 1823 - 448 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة xi
... present day . Little account of the state of our science can be traced from the time of the ancient Romans to the revival of letters in Europe ; and it was not till the middle of the last century that any advancement was made in ...
... present day . Little account of the state of our science can be traced from the time of the ancient Romans to the revival of letters in Europe ; and it was not till the middle of the last century that any advancement was made in ...
الصفحة xii
... present little known , is the reason of the present publication . In conclusion of this rude sketch of the science from its earliest records to the present day , we are naturally led to reflect on the me- lancholy picture of the ...
... present little known , is the reason of the present publication . In conclusion of this rude sketch of the science from its earliest records to the present day , we are naturally led to reflect on the me- lancholy picture of the ...
الصفحة 3
... present the reader with the substance of it , as nearly as I can re- collect it , with such additional observations as I have been enabled to make since , together with references to those passages in the writings of the ancients B 2 ...
... present the reader with the substance of it , as nearly as I can re- collect it , with such additional observations as I have been enabled to make since , together with references to those passages in the writings of the ancients B 2 ...
الصفحة 30
... present generally adopted by chemists , that evaporation depends on a solvent power in the atmosphere , and follows the general rules of chemical solution . * * See Phil . Mag . vol . xiv . p . 55 . It is said again , that nimbi have ...
... present generally adopted by chemists , that evaporation depends on a solvent power in the atmosphere , and follows the general rules of chemical solution . * * See Phil . Mag . vol . xiv . p . 55 . It is said again , that nimbi have ...
الصفحة 40
... present in the progress of their formation , changes , and destruction ; the influ- ence which they appear to have on each other , and the connexion observable between their peculiarities and other atmospheric phaenomena . The reader ...
... present in the progress of their formation , changes , and destruction ; the influ- ence which they appear to have on each other , and the connexion observable between their peculiarities and other atmospheric phaenomena . The reader ...
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abundant Agaricus alluded ancient animals appear aqueous Aratus arvensis ascribed atmosphere autumn Barometer become begin birds bloom blue called cause circumstances cirri cirrocumulus cirrostratus cirrus Clapton clouds cold colour common Corn Poppies cumuli cumulostratus curious diseases disorders earth effect electric electrified evaporation fair FLORA flower fluid flying frequently full blow full flower garden Halo Hartfield Hirundo kinds of weather light meadows meteorological meteorologists Meteors modifications Moon morning motion Narcissus night nimbi nimbus noticed nubeculae numerous observed Ovid Papaver orientale Papaver Rhaeas Papaver somniferum particles particular peculiarities phaenomena philosophers Pilewort plants Plin Poppy pratensis produce prognosticks Rain rainy refract season SECTION seems seen showers Snowdrop sometimes somniferum Sondercloud species spring Star Storms stratus superstitions Swallows temperature Thermometer to-day Tragopogon porrifolius trees Tunbridge Tussilago farfara vapour varieties vegetable Virgil Walthamstow Wanecloud warm Wind Withyham yellow
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الصفحة 166 - A swarm of bees in May is worth a load of hay. A swarm of bees in June is worth a silver spoon. A swarm of bees in July is not worth a fly.
الصفحة 286 - So sinks the day-star in the ocean bed, And yet anon repairs his drooping head, And tricks his beams, and with new spangled ore Flames in the forehead of the morning sky...
الصفحة 307 - Till the dappled dawn doth rise; Then to come, in spite of sorrow, And at my window bid good-morrow Through the sweetbriar, or the vine, Or the twisted eglantine : While the cock with lively din Scatters the rear of darkness thin, And to the stack, or the barn-door, Stoutly struts his dames before...
الصفحة 16 - The rising vapours catch the silver light ; Thence fancy measures, as they parting fly, Which first will throw its shadow on the eye, Passing the source of light ; and thence away, Succeeded quick by brighter still than they.
الصفحة 320 - Nee species sua cuique manet, rerumque novatrix ex aliis alias reparat natura figuras : nee perit in toto quicquam, mihi credite, mundo, sed variat faciemque novat, nascique vocatur 255 incipere esse aliud, quam quod fuit ante, morique desinere illud idem, cum sint hue forsitan ilia, haec translata illuc, summa tamen omnia constant.
الصفحة 133 - ... patulis captavit naribus auras, aut arguta lacus circumvolitavit hirundo et veterem in limo ranae cecinere...
الصفحة 311 - Debes Vergilium, finibus Atticis Reddas incolumem precor Et serves animae dimidium meae. Illi robur et aes triplex Circa pectus erat, qui fragilem truci...
الصفحة 168 - If the cock moult before the hen, We shall have weather thick and thin ; But if the hen moult before the cock, We shall have weather hard as a block.
الصفحة 148 - When clouds appear like rocks and towers. The earth's refreshed by frequent showers.
الصفحة 256 - Sure something holy lodges in that breast, And with these raptures moves the vocal air To testify his hidden residence. How sweetly did they float upon the wings Of silence, through the empty-vaulted night, At every fall smoothing the raven down Of darkness till it smiled...