 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
 | Henry Coppée - 1895 - 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... | |
 | Elisha Gray - 1899 - 264 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...as not to hurt the fragile spangles of which they are composed. Yet to produce from aqueous vapor a quantity which a child could carry of that tender... | |
 | 1900 - 1124 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... | |
 | Alfred Richard Sennett - 1904 - 608 pages
...declivities with a vehemence almost sufficient to stun the observer. 1 have also seen snow256 flakes descending so softly as not to hurt the fragile spangles...ever seen and pitch them to twice the height from whence they fell." Yet their birth is instantaneous,* their whole life and death a matter of minutes.... | |
 | Richard Anthony Proctor - 1904 - 462 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... | |
 | 1891 - 588 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 up the shattered blocks of the largest stone-avalanches that I have ever seen, and pitch them to twice the height from which they fell."J... | |
 | George Smith, William Makepeace Thackeray - 1877 - 802 pages
...declivities with a vehemence almost sufficient to stun the observer. I have also seen snow-flakes d«scending so softly as not to hurt the fragile spangles of which...child could carry of that tender material demands au exertion of energy competent to gather up the shattered blocks of the largest stone avalanche I... | |
 | 1915 - 498 pages
...smoke and thunder down the declivities, with a vehemence almost sufficient to stun the observed. ] have also seen snow-flakes descending so softly as...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... | |
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