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" ... light stream through the air ; so in the hotter zones of the earth, between the tropics, are there many thousand square miles of ocean which are similarly light-engendering. Here, however, the magic of the light belongs to the organic forces of nature.... "
Kosmos: A General Survey of Physical Phenomena of the Universe - Page 211
by Alexander von Humboldt - 1845
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The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, Volume 39

1845 - 478 pages
...latitudes, in other words, in electro- magnetic storms, floods of flickering, and often party-coloured light stream through the air ; so in the hotter zones...presents itself to us as a vision shrouded in mystery ? — Kosmos, s. 206, and Cosmos, English edition, p. 209. •• On the Rocks said to be older than...
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The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal: Exhibiting a View of the ..., Volume 39

1845 - 454 pages
...latitudes, in other words, in electro- magnetic storms, floods of flickering, and often party-coloured light stream through the air ; so in the hotter zones...presents itself to us as a vision shrouded in mystery 1—Eotmos, s. 206, and Cosmos, English edition, p. 209. t>» the Rocks said to be older than the oldest...
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Littell's Living Age, Volume 7

1845 - 636 pages
...thousand square miles of ocean which are similarly lightengendering. Here, however, the magic of ihe light belongs to the organic forces of nature. Lightfoaming...And shall we conceive it latent, not yet set free in vapors, as a means of explaining Moser's pictures—u discovery in which reality still presents itself...
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The Christian Remembrancer, Volume 12

1846 - 588 pages
...flickering, observed by Rosier and Beccaria ; and even the pale, diffused light, as Arago has well observed, which serves to guide us in the open air, in thickly...presents itself to us as a vision shrouded in mystery?' — Pp. 210, 211. We have lingered over Humboldt's amusing details, and glowing descriptions, loth...
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The Christian remembrancer; or, The Churchman's Biblical ..., Volume 12

1846 - 592 pages
...parti-coloured light stream through the air, so, in the hotter zones of the earth, between the tropies, are there many thousand square miles of ocean which...yet set free in vapours, as a means of explaining Moscr's pictures, — a discovery in which reality still presents itself to us as a vision shrouded...
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The North British Review, Volume 4

1846 - 576 pages
...there are many thousand square miles of ocean which are similarly light-engendering. Light foaming, flashes the bursting wave, — the wide level glows...not yet set free in vapours as a means of explaining Moscr's pictures — a discovery in which reality still presents itself to us as a vision shrouded...
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The North British review

1846 - 576 pages
...there are many thousand square miles of ocean which are similarly light-engendering. Light foaming, flashes the bursting wave, — the wide level glows...terrestrial light. And shall we conceive it latent, not jet set free in vapours as a means of explaining Moser's pictures — a discovery in which reality...
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