 | William Nicholson - 1821 - 356 pages
...phenomena last lunation, though I then viewed the same places with the same instrument. " The appearance of what I have called the actual fire, or eruption...to it when it has been some time ignited ; and it has a degree of brightness about as strong as that with which such a coal would be seen to glow in... | |
 | Sir Richard Phillips - 1826 - 236 pages
...piece of burniug charcoal when it is covered by a thin coat of white ashes, which frequently adheres to it., when it has been some time ignited, and it had a degree of brightness, about as strong as thai with wbicb Rucb a coal would be seen to glow in faint day-light. moon, or when the moon, at its... | |
 | 1787 - 564 pages
...phcenoni-.-na lall lunation, though I then viewed the fame places with the fame iiifirumtn;. " The appearance of what I have called the actual fire or eruption of a volrano, exactly refembled a fmall piece of burning char* coal, when it is covered hy a very thin coat... | |
 | Jeremiah Joyce - 1828 - 262 pages
...extinct, but the third showed an actual eruption of fire or luminous matter. He thought the eruption resembled a small piece of burning charcoal when it is covered by a thin coat of white ashes, which frequently adhere to it, when it has been ignited some time. But no... | |
 | William Martin - 1832 - 504 pages
...make in a state of eruption, when viewed through a telescope, according to Dr. Herschel, is that of a small piece of burning charcoal, when it is covered by a very thin coat of white ashes,, having a degree of brightness about as strong as that with which such a coal would be seen to glow... | |
 | William Martin - 1835 - 336 pages
...make in a state of eruption, when viewed through a telescope, according to Dr. Herschel, is that of a small piece of burning charcoal when it is covered by a very thin coat of white ashes, having a degree of brightness about as strong as that with which such a coal would be seen to glow... | |
 | Thomas Dick - 1838 - 444 pages
...matter NO PROOFS OF LUNAR VOLCANOES. 265 must be above three miles in diameter. The appearance resembles a small piece of burning charcoal when it is covered by a very thin coat of white ashes, and it has a degree of brightness about as strong as that with which such a coal would be seen to glow... | |
 | Thomas Dick - 1838 - 426 pages
...matter must be above three miles in diameter. The appearance resembles 242 NO PROOFS OF LUNAR VOLCANOES. a small piece of burning charcoal when it is covered by a very thin coat of white ashes, and it has a degree of brightness about as strong as that with which such a coal would be seen to glow... | |
 | Charles Frederick Partington - 1838 - 1116 pages
...burn with greater violence than on the preceding evening. He considered the eruption as resembling a small piece of burning charcoal when it is covered by a thin coat of white ashes, which frequently adhere to it, when it has been some time ignited, and it... | |
 | John Lauris Blake - 1838 - 160 pages
...conjectured of the lunar moantains ? 27. How did Or. Herschel describe one of them ' D Herschel. He says it exactly resembled a small piece of burning charcoal, when it is covered with a thin coat of white ashes; and that its brightness was equal to that with which such a coal would... | |
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... a degree of brightness about as strong as that with which such a coal would be seen to glow in faint daylight. 
