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
| 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
...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...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... | |
| Richard Anthony Proctor - 1904 - 462 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... | |
| 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
...seen," says Professor Tyndall, " 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 d«scending so softly as not to hurt the fragile spangles of which they were composed ; yet to produce... | |
| 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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