The spritsail yard and mizen boom w«re lighted by the reflection, as if gas lights had been burning directly below them; and until just before daybreak, at four o'clock, the most minute objects were distinctly visible. Day broke very slowly and the sun... On the Connexion of the Physical Sciences - Page 213by Mary Somerville - 1840 - 499 pagesFull view - About this book
| Robert Walsh - 1830 - 580 pages
...wind increased a little, but not much, and had a peculiar hollow sound. Day broke 1830.] Canada. 207 very slowly, and the sun rose of a fiery and threatening aspect. Rain followed next. " To sail on a sea of fire is the only similitude I can fancy to this really grand and awful... | |
| Literary and Historical Society of Quebec - 1829 - 426 pages
...watch. This light first came from the NW, and there had beea a slight Aurora observed about eleven. I caused a bucket of this fiery water to be drawn up,...mass of light when stirred by the hand, and not in sparkles, as usual, hut in actual confiscations. I kept some in an open jug and sealed up some in n... | |
| Literary and Historical Society of Quebec - 1829 - 418 pages
...flying about as if lost. The wind increased a little, but not much, and had a peculiar hollow sound. Day broke very slowly, and the sun. rose of a fiery and threatening aspect. Rain followed next. To sail on a sea of fire is the only similitude I can fancy to this really grand and awful scene.... | |
| 1830 - 438 pages
...immediately under them; and until just before day-break, at four o'clock, the most minute objects in a watch were distinctly visible. Day broke very slowly, and...mass of light when stirred by the hand, and not in sparkles, as usual, but in actual corruscations. A portion of this water kept in an open jug preserved... | |
| 1830 - 450 pages
...immediately under them; and until just before day-break, at four o'clock, the most minute objects in a watch were distinctly visible. Day broke very slowly, and...mass of light when stirred by the hand, and not in sparkles, as usual, but in actual corruscations. A portion of this water kept in an open jug preserved... | |
| 1831 - 532 pages
...immediately under them ; and until just before day-break, at four o'clock, the most minute objects in a watch were distinctly visible. Day broke very slowly, and...be drawn up; it was one mass of light when stirred with the hand, and not in sparkles as usual, but in actnal coruscations. A portion of this water kept... | |
| Perry Fairfax Nursey - 1831 - 508 pages
...immediately under them ; and until just before day-break, at four o'clock, the most minute objects in a watch were distinctly visible. Day broke very slowly, and...fiery and threatening aspect. Rain followed; Captain 201 Bonnycastle caused a bucket of this fiery water to be dra wn up ; it was one mass of light when... | |
| Royal Institution of Great Britain - 1831 - 690 pages
...immediately under them ; and until just before daybreak, at four o'clock, the most minute objects in a watch were distinctly visible. Day broke very slowly, and the sun rose of a tiery and threatening aspect. Rain followed. Captain Bonnycnstle caused a bucket of this fiery water... | |
| 1844 - 276 pages
...in consternation. The spritsail-yard* and mizen-boom were lighted by the reflection, as if gas-lamps had been burning directly below them ; and until just...and the sun, rose of a fiery and threatening aspect. Ram followed. Captain Bonnycastle caused a bucket of this fiery water to be drawn up ; it was one mass... | |
| Seba Smith, Lawrence Labree - 1844 - 498 pages
...immediately under them ; and until just before day break, at four o'clock, the most minute objects in a watch were distinctly visible. Day broke very slowly, and...of a fiery and threatening aspect. Rain followed. Capt B. caused a bucket of this fiery water to be drawn up; it was one mass of light when stirred by... | |
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