 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
 | smith elder - 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...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... | |
 | George Smith, William Makepeace Thackeray - 1877 - 832 pages
...seen," says Professor Tyndall, "the wild stone- avalanches of the Alps, which smoke and thunder down the declivities with a vehemence almost sufficient...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.... | |
 | Zachariah Allen - 1879 - 270 pages
...words : — " I have seen the wild stone-avalanches of the Alps, which thunder down the precipices with a vehemence almost sufficient to stun the observer....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,... | |
 | Zachariah Allen - 1879 - 272 pages
...words : — " I have seen the wild stone-avalanches of the Alps, which thunder down the precipices with a vehemence almost sufficient to stun the observer. I have also seen TABLE OF FAVRE AND SILBERMANN. 83 snow-flakes descending so softly as not to break their fragile spangles.... | |
 | 1880 - 920 pages
...Professor Tyndall : " 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 vapour, a quantity which a child could carry of that tender... | |
 | John Tyndall - 1881 - 572 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... | |
 | 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 - 598 pages
...Prof. Tyndall says : " 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Thomas Bassnett - 1884 - 364 pages
..." I have seen," says Prof. Tyndall, " the 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... | |
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