 | 1872 - 1200 pages
...northern end a little brilliant lump had developed itself, shaped much like a summer thunder-head.1 " On returning, though less than half an hour had passed,...literally been blown to shreds by some inconceivable nprush from beneath.' ' In place of the quiet cloud I had left,' he says, ' the air, if I may use the... | |
 | 1875 - 860 pages
...compelled to leave it for half an hour. On his return he saw that "the whole tiling had been literally blown to shreds by some inconceivable uprush from beneath; ... in place of the quiet cloud " the whole region " was filled with flying ittbris" some of which had already reached one hundred... | |
 | 1872 - 830 pages
...less than half an hour had passed, Professor Young found to his great surprise that " in the meantime the whole thing had literally been blown to shreds...if I may use the expression, was filled with flying ddbris — a mass of detached vertical fusiform fragments, each from 10" to 30" long by 2" or 3" wide,... | |
 | Eneas Sweetland Dallas - 1872 - 608 pages
...returning in less than half an hour, to find that in the meantime the whole thing had been literally blown to shreds by some inconceivable up-rush from beneath. In place of the quiet cloud I had left, the air, if I may use the expression, was filled with flying débris — a mass of detached vertical,... | |
 | Richard Anthony Proctor - 1872 - 396 pages
...process was actually in progress. ' The whole thing had been literally blown to shreds,' he says, ' by some inconceivable uprush from beneath. In place of the quiet cloud I had left, the air — if I may use the expression — was filled with flying debris, a mass of detached vertical... | |
 | Richard Anthony Proctor - 1872 - 406 pages
...process was actually in progress. ' The whole thing had been literally blown to shreds,' he says, ' by some inconceivable uprush from beneath. In place of the quiet cloud I had left, the air — if I may use the expression — was filled with flying debris, a mass of detached vertical... | |
 | L.T. Townsend - 1873 - 268 pages
...process was actually in progress. " The whole thing had been literally blown to shreds," he says, " by some inconceivable uprush from beneath. In place of the quiet cloud I had left, the air, if I maj' use the expression, was filled with flying debris, a mass of detached vertical fusiform... | |
 | Public school series - 1874 - 408 pages
...one (or in less than half an hour) to find that in the meantime the whole thing had been literally blown to shreds by some inconceivable uprush from beneath. In place of the quiet cloud I had left, the air (if I may use the expression) was filled with flying debris — a mass of detached vertical... | |
 | Sir Norman Lockyer - 1874 - 718 pages
...the fourth ; the three rolls in that are nearly exact. CHAP. XXV. Upward rush of filaments, literally blown to shreds by some inconceivable uprush from beneath. In place of the quiet cloud 1 had left, the air, if I may use the expression, was filled with flying debris — a. mass of detached... | |
 | Richard Anthony Proctor - 1876 - 586 pages
...less than half an hour (at 12.55), to find that in the meantime the whole thing had been literally blown to shreds by some inconceivable up-rush from beneath. In place of the quiet cloud I had left, the air, if I may use the * 'The sketches do not pretend to accuracy of detail, except the fourth ;... | |
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... the whole thing had been literally blown to shreds by some inconceivable uprush from beneath. In place of the quiet cloud I had left, the air, if I may use the expression, was filled with flying debris — a mass of detached vertical fusiform filaments,... 
