I have seen the wild stone-avalanches of the Alps, which smoke and thunder down the declivities with a vehemence almost sufficient to stun the observer. I have also seen snow-flakes descending so softly as not to hurt the fragile spangles of which they... Cyclopædic science simplified - Page 191by John Henry Pepper - 1877Full view - About this book
| Wellington College - 1871 - 250 pages
...•moke and thunder down the declivities with a vehemence almost sufficient to stun the observer. 1 have also seen snow-flakes descending so softly as...composed ; yet, to produce from aqueous vapour a quantity of that tender material which a child could carry, demands an exertion of energy competent to gather... | |
| Richard Anthony Proctor - 1871 - 348 pages
...the Alps, which smoke and thunder down the declivities with a vehemence almost sufficient to stun the observer. I have also seen snow-flakes descending...which they were composed ; yet to produce from aqueous vapor a quantity which a child could carry of that tender material demands an exertion of energy competent... | |
| 1865 - 372 pages
...the Alps, which smoke and thunder down the declivities with a vehemence almost sufficient to stun the observer. I have also seen snowflakes, descending...they were composed ; yet, to produce, from aqueous vapor, a quantity of that tender material which a child could carry, demands an exertion of energy... | |
| 1872 - 816 pages
...vehemence almost sufficient to stun the observer. I hare also seen snow flakes descending so gently as not to hurt the fragile spangles of which they were composed; yet to produce, from aqueous vapor, a quantity of that tender material which a child could carry, demands the exertion of nn energy... | |
| Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher, Timothy Dwight - 1872 - 816 pages
...vehemence almost sufficient to stun the observer. I have also seen snow flakes descending so gently as not to hurt the fragile spangles of which they were composed; yet to produce, from aqueous vapor, a quantity of that tender material which a child could carry, demands the exertion of an energy... | |
| Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher, Timothy Dwight - 1872 - 816 pages
...vapor, a quantity a? that tender material which a child could carry, demands the exertion of an eats? competent to gather up the shattered blocks of the largest stone-avalanche I ban ever seen, and hurl them to twice the height from which they fell." — (Heat at Mode of Motion,... | |
| John Tyndall - 1873 - 582 pages
...Alps, which smoke and thunder down the declivities, with a vehemence almost sufficient to stun the observer. I have also seen snow-flakes descending...they were composed ; yet to produce, from aqueous vapor, a quantity, which a child could carry, of that tender material, demands an exertion of energy... | |
| George Farrer Rodwell - 1873 - 752 pages
...the Alps, which smoke and thunder down the declivities with a vehemence almost sufficient to stun the observer. I have also seen snow-flakes descending...of which they were composed, yet to produce, from aquous vapor, a quantity, which a child could carry of that tender material, demands an exertion of... | |
| Edward Livingston Youmans - 1874 - 498 pages
...the Alps, which smoke and thunder down the declivities with a vehemence almost sufficient to stun the observer. I have also seen snowflakes descending so...which they were composed ; yet to produce from aqueous vapor a quantity of that tender material which a child could carry, demands an exertion of energy competent... | |
| Richard Anthony Proctor - 1876 - 586 pages
...the Alps, which smoke and thunder down the declivities with a vehemence almost sufficient to stun the observer. I have also seen snowflakes descending so...exertion of energy competent to gather up the shattered blocka of the largest stone-avalanches I have ever seen, and pitch them to twice the height from which... | |
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