 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...  Cyclopadic Science Simplified - Page 159by John Henry Pepper - 1869 - 685 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Richard Anthony Proctor - 1871 - 348 pages
...Alps ? " I have seen," he says, " the wild stone-avalanches of the Alps, which smoke and thunder down the declivities with a vehemence almost sufficient...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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher, Timothy Dwight - 1872 - 816 pages
...hydrogen to form water, says : " I have aeon the wild stone-avalanches of the Alps smoke and thunder down the declivities with a 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... | |
 | Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher, Timothy Dwight - 1872 - 816 pages
...hydrogen to form water, says : " I have seen the wild stone-avalanches of the Alps smoke and thunder down the declivities with a vehemence almost sufficient to stun the observer. I hsrt also seen snow flakes descending so gently as not to hurt the fragile spangle* of which they were... | |
 | 1872 - 816 pages
...hydrogen to form water, says : " I have seen the wild stone-avalanches of the Alps smoke and thunder down the declivities with a 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... | |
 | John Tyndall - 1873 - 582 pages
...precipice 433 feet high. I have seen the wild stone-avalanches of the Alps, which smoke and thunder down the declivities, with a vehemence almost sufficient...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
...precipice 433 feet high. I have seen the wild stone avalanches of the Alps, which smoke and thunder down the declivities with a vehemence almost sufficient...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
...TYNDALL remarks, ' I have seen the wild stone avalanches of the Alps, which smoke and thunder down the declivities with a vehemence almost sufficient...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
...power. ' I have seen,' he says, ' the wild stone-avalanches of the Alps, which smoke and thunder down the declivities with a vehemence almost sufficient...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... | |
 | 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... | |
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