The World and Its InhabitantsBradbury, Soden & Company, 1845 - 328 Seiten |
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... Temperature of the Sea Saline Property of the Sea Phosporesence of the Sea The Color of the Ocean Winds , 96 ; Sea and Land Breezes , 100 ; Hurri- canes , 103 ; Calms , 106 The Polar Seas 109 Waves 116 Maritime Discovery 117 Utility of ...
... Temperature of the Sea Saline Property of the Sea Phosporesence of the Sea The Color of the Ocean Winds , 96 ; Sea and Land Breezes , 100 ; Hurri- canes , 103 ; Calms , 106 The Polar Seas 109 Waves 116 Maritime Discovery 117 Utility of ...
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... temperatures above 32 ° , so far as is known . It is the densest at the temperature of 40 ° . When cooled down to 32 ° , it ordinarily assumes the form of ice ; but if great care be taken to avoid agitation , it may be cooled almost to ...
... temperatures above 32 ° , so far as is known . It is the densest at the temperature of 40 ° . When cooled down to 32 ° , it ordinarily assumes the form of ice ; but if great care be taken to avoid agitation , it may be cooled almost to ...
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... temperature in the surrounding air . Ice , in melting , absorbs as much heat as would raise its temperature 140 ° , and gives out the like quantity again in freezing , -a property that enables it to resist or retard sudden alterations ...
... temperature in the surrounding air . Ice , in melting , absorbs as much heat as would raise its temperature 140 ° , and gives out the like quantity again in freezing , -a property that enables it to resist or retard sudden alterations ...
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... temperature , into the cold and the thermal or warm springs . In re- gard to their ingredients , they are commonly divided into four classes ; the acidulous or carbonated ; the saline ; the chalybeate or ferruginous ; and the sulphure ...
... temperature , into the cold and the thermal or warm springs . In re- gard to their ingredients , they are commonly divided into four classes ; the acidulous or carbonated ; the saline ; the chalybeate or ferruginous ; and the sulphure ...
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... Temperature . 154 142 212 115 156 113 165 • 158 86 136 154 200 • 212 82 74 117 208 212 • 112 104 73 50 205 • 203 131 • 112 195 • 162 Carlsbad , Wisbaden , Schlangenbad Aix - la - Chapelle , Baden , Piscarelli , Geyser , Buxton , Bristol ...
... Temperature . 154 142 212 115 156 113 165 • 158 86 136 154 200 • 212 82 74 117 208 212 • 112 104 73 50 205 • 203 131 • 112 195 • 162 Carlsbad , Wisbaden , Schlangenbad Aix - la - Chapelle , Baden , Piscarelli , Geyser , Buxton , Bristol ...
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Seite 147 - Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest birds; pleasant the sun, When first on this delightful land he spreads His orient beams, on herb, tree, fruit, and flower, Glistering with dew; fragrant the fertile earth After soft showers; and sweet the coming on Of grateful evening
Seite 107 - All in a hot and copper sky, The bloody Sun, at noon, Right up above the mast did stand, No bigger than the Moon. Day after day, day after day, We stuck, nor breath nor motion; As idle as a painted ship Upon a painted ocean. Water, water, everywhere, And all the boards did shrink; Water, water everywhere Nor any drop to drink.
Seite 126 - Thy waters wasted them while they were free, And many a tyrant since, their shores obey The stranger, slave, or savage: their decay Has dried up realms to deserts; not so thou; Unchangeable save to thy wild waves play.
Seite 311 - He looks and laughs at a' that. A prince can mak' a belted knight, A marquis, duke, and a' that ; But an honest man's aboon his might — Guid faith, he mauna fa' that ! For a
Seite 230 - Perceval, and that as it might occasion some great ministerial changes, and might affect Mr. Tucker's political friends, he had come out as fast as he could, to make him acquainted with it, having heard at Truro, that he had passed through that place in the afternoon on his way to Scorrier.
Seite 147 - His orient beams, on herb, tree, fruit, and flower, Glistering with dew; fragrant the fertile earth After soft showers; and sweet the coming on Of grateful evening" mild; then silent night With this her solemn bird, and this fair moon, And these the gems of heaven, her starry train: But neither breath of morn, when she ascends With charm of earliest birds; nor rising sun On this delightful land; nor herb, fruit, flower, Glistering with dew; nor fragrance after showers; Nor grateful evening mild;...
Seite 147 - With charm of earliest Birds ; pleasant the Sun When first on this delightful Land he spreads His orient Beams, on herb, tree, fruit, and flower, Glistering with dew ; fragrant the fertile earth After soft showers ; and sweet the coming on Of grateful Evening mild, then silent Night With this her solemn Bird...
Seite 122 - Bristol, and was highly esteemed for his skill in navigation. Sebastian was early instructed in the mathematical knowledge required by a seaman, and, at the age of 17, had made several voyages. In 1495, John Cabot obtained from Henry VII letters patent empowering him and his three sons, Lewis, Sebastian and Sanctius, to discover unknown lands, and conquer and settle them. In consequence of this permission, the king supplied one ship, and the merchants of London and Bristol a few smaller ones, and,...
Seite 228 - ... such accident, as that the sleeper has been wandering through a wood, and received a severe wound from a spear, or the tooth of a wild animal, which at the same instant awakens him. A gun fired in one instance, during the alarm of invasion, made a military man at once dream the enemy had landed, so that he ran to his post, and repairing to the scene of action, was present when the first discharge took place, which also at the same moment awakened him.
Seite 68 - Back to the sky its world of blue. Boundless and deep, the forests weave Their twilight shade thy borders o'er, And threatening cliffs, like giants, heave Their rugged forms along thy shore. Pale Silence, mid thy hollow caves, With listening ear in sadness broods, Or startled Echo, o'er thy waves Sends the hoarse wolf-notes of thy woods.