 The stars have uncommon lustre, and the Milky Way shines gloriously in the firmament. There is also a never-ceasing display of the most brilliant meteors, which dart like rockets in the sky ; ten or twelve of them are sometimes seen in an hour, assuming...  Kosmos - Page 399by Alexander von Humboldt - 1845Full view - About this book
 | Friedrich Wilhelm H. Alexander freiherr von Humboldt - 1846 - 620 pages
...firmament. Thereisalso a neverceasing display of thé mostbrilliant meteors, which dart likerokets in thé sky: ten or twelve of them are sometimes seen in an...: fiery, red, blue, pale and faint. It is a noble counlry for astronomical science, and gréât must hâve been thé avantage cnjoyed by thé famed observatory... | |
 | Alexander von Humboldt - 1850 - 394 pages
...in its atmosphere, and an admirable clearness in the sky. At night, the stars have uncommon luster, and the Milky Way shines gloriously in the firmament....them are sometimes seen in an hour, assuming every color — fiery red, blue, pale, and faint. It is a noble country for astronomical science, and great... | |
 | Alexander von Humboldt - 1855 - 608 pages
...neverceasiug display of the most brilliant meteors , which dart like rockets iu the sky : ton or Uvulve of them are sometimes seen in an hour, assuming every colour : fiery, red, blue , pale and faint. H is a noble country l'or astronomical science, and great must have been the avantage enjoyed hy the... | |
 | Dublin city, univ. coll - 1858 - 1070 pages
...atmosphere, and an admirable clearness in the sky. At night the stars have uncommon lustre, and the milky-way shines gloriously in the firmament. There is also...assuming every colour — fiery red, blue, pale, and faint".17 In the charming countries bordering the Levant and the .^Egean Sea, an extraordinary, varied.... | |
 | 1859 - 548 pages
...the firmament. There is also a never-ceasing display of the most brilliant meteors, which dart bke rockets in the sky; ten or twelve of them are sometimes seen in an hour, assuming every colour—fiery red, blue, Mytho- The traditions and inventions constituting a mythology logy the arc... | |
 | Wilhelm Pitschner - 1864 - 190 pages
...shines gloriously in the firmament. There is also a neverceasing display of the most brilliant meteorsi which dart like rockets in the sky ; ten or twelve of them are sometimes seen in an houri assuming every colour; fieryi redi bluei pale and faint. It is a noble country for astronomical... | |
 | George Smith, William Makepeace Thackeray - 1867 - 832 pages
...Madrid, but raised 1,200 feet above tho sea-level, says — " Tho stars have uncommon lustre, and tho Milky Way shines gloriously in the firmament. There...are sometimes seen in an hour, assuming every colour ; fiery-red, blue, pale, and faint." In our climate about two-thirds of all tho shooting-stars seen... | |
 | 1867 - 524 pages
...Way shines gloriously in the firmament. There is also a never-ceasing display of the most briUiant meteors, which dart like rockets in the sky : ten...every colour, — fiery red, blue, pale and faint." Jansen, again, describing the night scenes of the Java Sea, says, " The starlight, which is reflected... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1868 - 822 pages
...light, to the earth."— Grimm: Deutsdu! Mylho/uyit!. ISO SHOOTIN'G-STARS; METROES, AND AEROLITES. and the milky way shines gloriously in the firmament....them are sometimes seen in an hour, assuming every color — fiery-red, blue, pale, and faint." In our climate about two-thirds of all the shooting-stars... | |
 | Scientific and technical reader - 1869 - 408 pages
...further south than Madrid, but raised 1200 feet above the level of the sea, says : " The stars ha^e uncommon lustre, and the milky way shines gloriously...are sometimes seen in an hour, assuming every colour — fiery-red, blue, pale, and faint." — In our climate about two-thirds of all the shooting-stars... | |
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