 coming down upon us from the north, would, in thirty seconds after they bad crossed the St. Lawrence, be in the Gulf of Mexico, carrying with them the whole surface of the continent in a mass, not simply of ruin, but of glowing vapor, in which the vapors...  Popular Astronomy - Page 257by Simon Newcomb - 1878 - 578 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1879 - 818 pages
...are such hurricanes as, " coming down upon u? from the north, would, in thirty seconds afrer they had crossed the St. Lawrence, be in the Gulf of Mexico, carrying with them tlv? whole surface of the continent in a mass, not simply of ruin, but of glowing vapor, in which the... | |
 | Robert Reid Howison - 1883 - 660 pages
...upon us from the north, they would in thirty seconds after they had crossed the St. Lawrence river be in the Gulf of Mexico, carrying with them the whole...mass, not simply of ruin, but of glowing vapor."* In the presence of such abnormal departures from the ordinary condition of these great bodies, we are... | |
 | Robert Reid Howison - 1883 - 598 pages
...upon us from the north, they would in thirty seconds after they had crossed the St. Lawrence river be in the Gulf of Mexico, carrying with them the whole...continent in a mass, not simply of ruin, but of glowing vapor."1 In the presence of such abnormal departures from the ordinary condition of these grea't bodies,... | |
 | Joel Dorman Steele - 1884 - 358 pages
...star which may * Such a storm " coming down upon us from the north would in 30 seconds after it had crossed the St. Lawrence be in the Gulf of Mexico, carrying with it the whole surface of the continent in a mass, not of ruin simply, but of glowing vapor, in which... | |
 | Herbert Alonzo Howe - 1896 - 352 pages
...in a minute. Such a storm, "coming down upon us from the north, would in thirty seconds after it had crossed the St. Lawrence be in the Gulf of Mexico, carrying with it the whole surface of the continent in a mass, not simply of ruin, but of glowing vapor, in which... | |
 | Herbert Alonzo Howe - 1896 - 352 pages
...in a minute. Such a storm, "coming down upon us from the north, would in thirty seconds after it had crossed the St. Lawrence be in the Gulf of Mexico, carrying with it the whole surface of the continent in a mass, not simply of ruin, but of glowing vapor, in which... | |
 | Joel Dorman Steele - 1899 - 374 pages
...and filaments.' 2 Such a storm ' coming down upon us from the north would in 30 seconds after it had crossed the St. Lawrence be in the Gulf of Mexico, carrying with it the whole surface of the continent in a mass, not of ruin simply, but of glowing vapor, in which... | |
 | 1879 - 822 pages
...are such hurricanes as, "coming down upon us from the north, would, in thirty seconds after they had crossed the St. Lawrence, be in the Gulf of Mexico,...continent in a mass, not simply of ruin, but of glowing Tupor, in which the vapors arising from the dissolution of the materials composing the cities of Boston,... | |
 | 1876 - 528 pages
...incandescent gas, which, should it roll down upon us from the north, would, in twenty seconds after it crossed the St. Lawrence, be in the Gulf of Mexico, carrying with it the whole surface of the continent in a mass, not simply of ruin, but of glowing vapor, in which... | |
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