 There is nothing which represents so faithfully this appearance as the slow subsidence of some flocculent chemical precipitates in a transparent fluid, when viewed perpendicularly from above: so faithfully, indeed, that it is hardly possible not to be...  Fuel of the Sun - Page 99by William Mattieu Williams - 1870 - 222 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Sir John Frederick William Herschel - 1833 - 444 pages
...they hardly ever last longer), its borders must approach at the rate of more than 1000 miles a day. Many other circumstances tend to corroborate this...like flame, or the streamers of our northern lights. (.331.) Lastly, in the neighbourhood of great spots, or extensive groups of them, large spaces of the... | |
 | sir John Frederick W. Herschel (1st bart.) - 1833 - 500 pages
...are found to be in a constant state of change. There is nothing which represents so faithfully tliis appearance as the slow subsidence of some flocculent...like flame, or the streamers of our northern lights. (331.) Lastly, in the neighbourhood of great spots, or extensive groups of them, large spaces of the... | |
 | 1834 - 596 pages
...some flocculent chemical precipitates in a transparent fluid, when viewed perpendicularly from above j so faithfully, indeed, that it is hardly possible...transparent and non-luminous atmosphere, either floating is clouds in onrair, or pervading it in vast sheets and columns like flame, or the streamers of our... | |
 | Society for the diffusion of useful knowledge - 1842 - 536 pages
...with the idea of a luminous medium intermixed, but not confounded, with a transparent and unluminous atmosphere, either floating, as 'clouds in our air,...like flame, or the streamers of our northern lights.' The mind is lost in wonder at the idea of such a body of luminous material: but it is important to... | |
 | 1842 - 546 pages
...with the idea of a luminous medium intermixed, but not confounded, with a transparent and unluminous atmosphere, either floating, as clouds in our air,...like flame, or the streamers of our northern lights.' The mind is lost in wonder at the idea of such a body of luminous material: but it is important to... | |
 | 1842 - 1046 pages
...with the idea of a luminous medium intermixed, but not confounded, with a transparent and unluminous atmosphere, either floating, as clouds in our air,...like flame, or the streamers of our northern lights.' The mind U lost in wonder at the idea of such a body of luminous material: but it is important to remember... | |
 | 1842 - 538 pages
...with the idea of a luminous medium intermixed, but not confounded, with a transparent and unluminous atmosphere, either floating, as clouds in our air, or pervading it in vast sheets and columns like llame, or the streamers of our northern lights.' The mind is lost in wonder at the idea of such a body... | |
 | John Frederick William Herschel - 1849 - 672 pages
...seldom last much longer), its borders must approach at the rate of more than 1000 miles a day. (387.) Many other circumstances tend to corroborate this...like flame, or the streamers of our northern lights, directed in lines perpendicular to the surface. (388.) Lastly, in the neighbourhood of great spots,... | |
 | John Frederick William Herschel - 1851 - 706 pages
...finely mottled with an appearance of minute, dark dots, or pores, which, when attentively watched, arc found to be in a constant state of change. There is...like flame, or the streamers of our northern lights, directed in lines perpendicular to the surface. (388.) Lastly, in the neighbourhood of great spots,... | |
 | John Frederick William Herschel - 1853 - 608 pages
...Mayer, Obs. Mar. 15, 1758. " Ingens macula in sole conspiciebatur, cujus diameter = & diam. K>lia. , uniformly bright. Its ground is finely mottled with...like flame, or the streamers of our northern lights, directed in lines perpendicular to the surface. (388.) Lastly, in the neighbourhood of great spots,... | |
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