 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
 | Thomas Bassnett - 1884 - 364 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... | |
 | New Hampshire. Department of Agriculture - 1884 - 460 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...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... | |
 | Frank McAlpine - 1886 - 456 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... | |
 | 1886 - 552 pages
...the declivities with a vehemence almost sufficient to stun the observer, while the snowflakes descend so softly as not to hurt the fragile spangles of which they are composed ; yet to produce, from aqueous vapor, a quantity of that tender material which a child... | |
 | Richard Anthony Proctor - 1887 - 364 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... | |
 | Henry Stewart - 1887 - 350 pages
...sufficient to stun the observer. I have also seen snowflakes, descending sa softly as not to injure the fragile spangles of which they were composed ; yet to produce from aqueous vapor, a quantity of that tender material that a child might carry, demands an exertion of energy competent... | |
 | John Tyndall - 1890 - 666 pages
...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...the shattered blocks of the largest stone-avalanche that I have ever seen, and pitch them to twice the height from which they fell. A few experimental... | |
 | John Tyndall - 1890 - 644 pages
...declivities, with a vehemence almost sufficient to stun the observer, while the snow-flakes descend so softly as not to hurt the fragile spangles of which they are composed ; yet to produce, from aqueous vapour, a quantity of that tender material which a child... | |
 | Newton Booth - 1894 - 578 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...as not to hurt the fragile spangles of which they are composed ; yet, to produce from aqueous vapor a quantity of that tender material which a child... | |
 | Richard Anthony Proctor - 1895 - 356 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... | |
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