But whilst gazing upon them in a perspective of about half a mile, we were thrilled with astonishment to perceive four successive flocks of large winged creatures, wholly unlike any kind of birds, descend with a slow even motion from the cliffs on the... Practical Talks by an Astronomer - Page 207by Harold Jacoby - 1902 - 235 pagesFull view - About this book
| Miscellaneous extracts - 1839 - 390 pages
...half a mile, we were thrilled with astonishment to perceive four successive flocks of large winged creatures, wholly unlike any kind of birds, descend...cliffs on the western side, and alight upon the plain. They were first noticed by Dr. Herschel, who exclaimed, ' Now, Gentlemen, my theories against your... | |
| Richard Adams Locke, Joseph Nicolas Nicollet - 1852 - 156 pages
...half a mile, we were thrilled with astonishment to perceive four successive flocks of large winged creatures, wholly unlike any kind of birds, descend...cliffs on the western side, and alight upon the plain. They were first noticed by Dr. Herschel, who exclaimed, ' Now, gentlemen, my theories against your... | |
| Richard Adams Locke - 1859 - 90 pages
...half a mile, we were thrilled with astonishment to perceive four successive flocks of large winged creatures, wholly unlike any kind of birds, descend...cliffs on the western side, and alight upon the plain. They were first noticed by Dr. Herschel, who exclaimed, ' Now, gentlemen, my theories against your... | |
| Augustus Maverick - 1870 - 550 pages
...about half a mile, we were thrilled with astonishment to perceive four successive nocks of large winged creatures, wholly unlike any kind of birds, descend...cliffs on the western side, and alight upon the plain. They were first noticed by Dr. Hcrschel, who exclaimed, "Now, gentlemen, my theories against your proofs,... | |
| Augustus Maverick - 1870 - 558 pages
...half a mile, we were thrilled with astonishment to perceive four successive flocks of large winged creatures, wholly unlike any kind of birds, descend with a slow, even motion from the eliffs on the western side, and alight upon the plain. They were first noticed by Dr. Herschel, who... | |
| 1876 - 600 pages
...half a mile, we were thrilled with astonishment to perceive four successive flocks of large winged creatures, wholly unlike any kind of birds, descend...cliffs on the western side, and alight upon the plain. They were first noticed by Dr. Herschel, who exclaimed : " Now, gentlemen, my theories against your... | |
| Belgravia - 1876 - 562 pages
...half a mile, we were thrilled with astonishment to perceive four successive flocks of large winged creatures, wholly unlike any kind of birds, descend...cliffs on the western side, and alight upon the plain. They were first noticed by Dr. Herschel, who exclaimed : " Now, gentlemen, my theories against your... | |
| Richard Anthony Proctor - 1878 - 498 pages
...half a mile, we were thrilled with astonishment to perceive four successive flocks of large winged creatures, wholly unlike any kind of birds, descend...cliffs on the western side and alight upon the plain. They were first noticed by Dr. Herschel, who exclaimed : " Now, gentlemen, my theories against your... | |
| Richard Anthony Proctor - 1896 - 422 pages
...astonishment to perceive four successive flocks of large winged creatures, wholly unlike any kind ot birds, descend with a slow even motion from the cliffs on the western side and alight upon the plain. They were first noticed by Dr. Herschel, who exclaimed : " Now, gentlemen, my theories against your... | |
| Oakland (Calif.). Board of Education - 1901 - 158 pages
...gazing on these we were thrilled with astonishment to perceive four successive flocks of large winged creatures, wholly unlike any kind of birds, descend with a slow, even motion from the cliffs and alight on the plain. . . . Certainly they were like human beings, for as they walked along their... | |
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