Researches about Atmospheric PhaenomenaHarding, Mavor, and Lepard, 1823 - 448 من الصفحات |
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... rising into mountains and becoming cumulo- strati , while long strata of cirrostratus permeate their summits ; and the whole phenomenon has the appearance of a range of mountains , transfixed by the mighty shafts of giants . After ...
... rising into mountains and becoming cumulo- strati , while long strata of cirrostratus permeate their summits ; and the whole phenomenon has the appearance of a range of mountains , transfixed by the mighty shafts of giants . After ...
الصفحة 53
... below a more thin and extensive sheet of cloud , give the idea of the back of a great Dolphin rising out of the Ocean . It is in the thin and extensive sheets of this cloud , covering the welkin before CHAP . 2. § 3 . 53 OF CLOUDS .
... below a more thin and extensive sheet of cloud , give the idea of the back of a great Dolphin rising out of the Ocean . It is in the thin and extensive sheets of this cloud , covering the welkin before CHAP . 2. § 3 . 53 OF CLOUDS .
الصفحة 63
... rising from below by the upward propagation of diurnal temperature . Such a phaenomenon have I several times witnessed ; and the result has been the sudden commixture of both clouds into a denser mass of nimbus , which has re- solved ...
... rising from below by the upward propagation of diurnal temperature . Such a phaenomenon have I several times witnessed ; and the result has been the sudden commixture of both clouds into a denser mass of nimbus , which has re- solved ...
الصفحة 64
... rising up and meeting with some other cloud descending . This will sometimes produce a nimbus , as I described above . At other times , however , the cumulostratus thus formed proceeds no further , and even reassumes the character of ...
... rising up and meeting with some other cloud descending . This will sometimes produce a nimbus , as I described above . At other times , however , the cumulostratus thus formed proceeds no further , and even reassumes the character of ...
الصفحة 66
... density , and swells downward , to meet the cumulus rising from below and also changing its structure , till they have both united and formed a nimbus . The two clouds in this case being more nearly of a 66 CHAP . 2. §8 . OF CLOUDS .
... density , and swells downward , to meet the cumulus rising from below and also changing its structure , till they have both united and formed a nimbus . The two clouds in this case being more nearly of a 66 CHAP . 2. §8 . OF CLOUDS .
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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...