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" The spritsail yard and mizzen boom were 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... "
On the Connexion of the Physical Sciences - Page 317
by Mary Somerville - 1835 - 493 pages
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American Quarterly Review, Volume 7

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...
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Transactions of the Literary and Historical Society of Quebec

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...
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Transactions of the Literary and Historical Society of Quebec

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....
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The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, Volume 9

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...
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The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal: Exhibiting a View of the ..., Volume 9

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...
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The Mechanics' Magazine, Museum, Register, Journal, and Gazette, Volume 15

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...
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Iron: An Illustrated Weekly Journal for Iron and Steel ..., Volume 15

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...
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The Journal of the Royal Institution of Great Britain, Volume 1

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...
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Sacred philosophy of the seasons, Volume 1

Henry Duncan - 1836 - 430 pages
...in consternation. The spritsail-yard and mizen-boom were lighted by the reflection, as if gas-lights had been burning directly below them ; and, until...luminosity for seven nights. On the third night, the scintillations of the sea reappeared; this evening, the sun went down very singularly, exhibiting in...
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The Saturday Magazine, Volume 24

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...
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