 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
 | 1876 - 814 pages
...thunderstorm." * Tyndall himself also beautifully illustrates this subject in his remark : " I have seen snowflakes descending so softly as not to hurt...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... | |
 | George Smith, William Makepeace Thackeray - 1877 - 832 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...competent to gather up the shattered blocks of the largest stone avalanche I have ever seen, and pitch them to twice the height from which they fell." VOL. XXXv.... | |
 | smith elder - 1877 - 802 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...competent to gather up the shattered blocks of the largest stone avalanche I have ever seen, and pitch them to twice the height from which they fell." CHAPTER... | |
 | Zachariah Allen - 1879 - 272 pages
...spangles. Yet to produce from aeriform gases a quantity of that tender material, which a child might lift, demands an exertion of energy competent to gather up the shattered blocks of the largest stone-avalanches I have ever seen, and project thern^ to twice the height from which they fell." 1... | |
 | Zachariah Allen - 1879 - 270 pages
...stone-avalanches of the Alps, which thunder down the precipices with a vehemence almost sufficient to stun the observer. I have also seen snow-flakes descending so softly as not to break their fragile spangles. Yet to produce from aeriform gases a quantity of that tender material,... | |
 | 1880 - 920 pages
...Alps, which smoke and thunder down the declivities with a. vehemence almost sufficient to stun the observer. I have also seen snowflakes descending so...as not to hurt the fragile spangles of which they are composed ; yet to produce, from aqueous vapour, a quantity which a child could carry of that tender... | |
 | John Tyndall - 1881 - 572 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... | |
 | Public schoolboy - 1881 - 110 pages
...from heat ; and we are told by one of the greatest scientific discoverers of the day that " to produce a quantity which a child could carry of that tender...demands an exertion of energy competent to gather up the scattered blocks of the largest stone-avalanche, and pitch them to twice the height from which they... | |
 | Samuel Harris - 1883 - 604 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 of that tender material which a child could carry, demands an exertion of energy competent... | |
 | Samuel Harris - 1883 - 598 pages
...composed. Yet to produce from aqueous vapor a quantity of that tender material which a child could carry, demands an exertion of energy competent to gather up the shattered blocks of the largest stone avalanche I have ever seen and pitch them to twice the height from which they fell." Vital force... | |
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