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" Hence perhaps the winter of 1783-4, was more severe than any that had happened for many years. The cause of this universal fog is not yet ascertained. Whether it was adventitious to this earth, and merely a smoke proceeding from the consumption by fire... "
Memoirs of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society - Page 340
by Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society - 1785
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Memoirs of the Literary and Philosophical Society of Manchester, Volume 2

1785 - 552 pages
...fevere, than any that had happed for many years. The caufe of this univerfal fog is not yet afcertained. Whether it was adventitious to this earth, and merely...which are fometimes feen to kindle and be deftroyed in paffing our atmofphere, and whofe fmoke might be attracted and retained by our earth : or whether it...
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The English Review, Or, An Abstract of English and Foreign Literature, Volume 7

1786 - 510 pages
...is not yet afcertained. Whether it was adventitious to this earth, and merely a fmoke, proceeding f from the confumption by fire of fome of thofe great...or globes which we happen to meet with in our rapid courfc round the fun, and which are fometimes feen to kindle and be deftroyed in palling our atmofphere,...
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Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Benjamin Franklin ..

Benjamin Franklin - 1818 - 610 pages
...adventitious to this earth, and merely a smoke proceeding from the consumption by fire of some of those great burning balls or globes which we happen to meet with in our rapid course round the sun, and which are sometimes seen to kindle and be destroyed in passing our atmosphere,...
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The Works of Benjamin Franklin: Containing Several Political and ..., Volume 6

Benjamin Franklin, Jared Sparks - 1838 - 632 pages
...adventitious to this earth, and merely a smoke proceeding from the consumption by fire of some of those great burning balls or globes which we happen to meet with in our rapid course round the sun, and which are sometimes seen to kindle and be destroyed in passing our atmosphere,...
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The works of Benjamin Franklin: with notes and a life of the ..., Volume 6

Benjamin Franklin - 1840 - 640 pages
...adventitious to this earth, and merely a smoke proceeding from the consumption by fire of some of those great burning balls or globes which we happen to meet with in our rapid course round the sun, and which are sometimes seen to kindle and be destroyed in passing our atmosphere,...
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The Select Works of Benjamin Franklin: Including His Autobiography

Benjamin Franklin - 1853 - 522 pages
...adventitious to this earth, and merely a smoke proceeding from the consumption by fire of some of those great burning balls or globes which we happen to meet with in our rapid course round the sun, and which are sometimes seen to kindle and be destroyed in passing our atmosphere,...
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Memoirs of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society

Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society - 1883 - 516 pages
...adventitious to this earth, and merely a smoke proceeding from the consumption by fire of some of those great burning balls or globes which we happen to meet with in our rapid course round the sun, and which are sometimes seen to kindle and be destroyed in passing our atmosphere,...
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A Centenary of Science in Manchester (in a Series of Notes)

Robert Angus Smith - 1883 - 500 pages
...adventitious to this earth, and merely a smoke proceeding from the consumption by fire of some of those great burning balls or globes which we happen to meet with in our rapid course round the sun, and which are sometimes seen to kindle and be destroyed in passing our atmosphere,...
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The Writings of Benjamin Franklin, Volume 9

Benjamin Franklin - 1906 - 746 pages
...adventitious to this Earth, and merely a Smoke proceeding from the Consumption by Fire of some of those great burning Balls or Globes which we happen to meet with in our rapid Course round the Sun, and which are sometimes seen to kindle and be destroy'd in passing our Atmosphere,...
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Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at ..., Volume 45

American Philosophical Society - 1906 - 466 pages
...adventitious to this earth, and merely a smoke proceeding from the consumption by fire of some of those great burning balls or globes which we happen to meet with in our course round the sun, and which are sometimes seen to kindle and be destroyed in passing our atmosphere,...
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