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
| New Hampshire. Department of Agriculture - 1884 - 460 pages
...power, said, — " 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 of that tender material which a child could carry, demands an exertion of energy competent... | |
| Frank McAlpine - 1886 - 456 pages
...God. Silent Forces. 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... | |
| 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
...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... | |
| Henry Stewart - 1887 - 350 pages
...seen the wild stone avalanches of the Alps; which thunder and smoke down the declivities with a force almost 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... | |
| 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 - 552 pages
...lavished around us : "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 of that tender material which a child... | |
| Newton Booth - 1894 - 578 pages
...; 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." Shall not... | |
| Richard Anthony Proctor - 1895 - 356 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... | |
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