Gallery of Nature and Art, Or a Tour Through Creation and Science: Illustrated with 100 Plates, Band 4R. Wilks, 1815 |
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... west from London ; for there the greatest rivers originate . The very height , therefore , makes this spot colder ... south of which there is a range of mountains , which prevent its receiving any heat from that quarter . This bay is bounded ...
... west from London ; for there the greatest rivers originate . The very height , therefore , makes this spot colder ... south of which there is a range of mountains , which prevent its receiving any heat from that quarter . This bay is bounded ...
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... southern regions in one account , the ... south latitude , yet birds of curious kinds in- hahit the expanse of ice which , in every direction , stops all ad- vance toward the south - pole . At the same time that the disco- very of the West ...
... southern regions in one account , the ... south latitude , yet birds of curious kinds in- hahit the expanse of ice which , in every direction , stops all ad- vance toward the south - pole . At the same time that the disco- very of the West ...
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... west and the south , seldom at east , * Vol . xi . year 1676 . + The paper bere referred to bears the date of 1676 . EDIT . and yet less frequent at north or north - east ZONES AND CLIMATES .
... west and the south , seldom at east , * Vol . xi . year 1676 . + The paper bere referred to bears the date of 1676 . EDIT . and yet less frequent at north or north - east ZONES AND CLIMATES .
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... south of it , are sandy and desert as far as from the Atlantic Ocean on the west , to about the twenty - fifth degree of east longitude . They comprehend a space of more than fifteen hundred miles from east to west , and sometimes run ...
... south of it , are sandy and desert as far as from the Atlantic Ocean on the west , to about the twenty - fifth degree of east longitude . They comprehend a space of more than fifteen hundred miles from east to west , and sometimes run ...
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... west is about twelve miles , but from north to south it is little more than six . This small spot has been celebrated for its extraordinary beauty and fertility , and the very seasonable and effectual relief which it afforded to ...
... west is about twelve miles , but from north to south it is little more than six . This small spot has been celebrated for its extraordinary beauty and fertility , and the very seasonable and effectual relief which it afforded to ...
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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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Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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...
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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...
Seite 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.