 | Agnes Mary Clerke - 1902 - 534 pages
...him as that " of a very brilliant star of light, much brighter than the sun's surface, most dazzling to the protected eye, illuminating the upper edges...streaks, not unlike in effect the edging of the clouds at sunset."2 This unique phenomenon seemed as if specially designed to accentuate the inference of a sympathetic... | |
 | Michael J. Carlowicz, Ramon E. Lopez - 2002 - 270 pages
...the appearance of a very brilliant star of light, much brighter than the sun's surface, most dazzling to the protected eye, illuminating the upper edges...directions; and the centre might be compared to the dazzling brilliancy of [a] bright star. It lasted for some five minutes, and disappeared instantaneously... | |
 | 1865 - 430 pages
...as having been "a very brilliant star of light, much brighter than the sun's surface, most dazzling to the protected eye, illuminating the upper edges...directions, and the centre might be compared to the dazzling brilliancy of the bright star a Lyrce when seen in a larse telescope with low power. It lasted... | |
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I was suddenly surprised at the appearance of a very brilliant star of light, much brighter than the Sun's surface, most dazzling to the protected eye, illuminating the upper edges of the adjacent spots and streaks — not unlike, in effect, the edging... 
