 | John Tyndall - 1865 - 494 pages
...reference to this point we have the following beautiful passage in the Essay of Wells:—'I had often, in the pride of half knowledge, smiled at the means...plants from cold, as it appeared to me impossible that a thin mat, or any such flimsy substance could prevent them from attaining the temperature of the atmosphere,... | |
 | 1866 - 726 pages
...celebrated Essay on Dew, said with exqntsite simplicity, "I had often, in the pride of half-knowledge, smiled at the means, frequently employed by gardeners,...plants from cold, as it appeared to me impossible that a thin mat, or any such flimsy substance could prevent them from attaining the temperature of the atmosphere,... | |
 | John Tyndall - 1867 - 568 pages
...reference to this point we have tlie following beautiful passage in the Essay of Wells :—' I had often, in the pride of half knowledge, smiled at the means...frequently employed by gardeners to protect tender planta from cold, as it appeared to me impossible that a thin mat, or any such flimsy substance could... | |
 | John Tyndall - 1868 - 560 pages
...following beautiful passage int he Essay of Wells :—' I had often, in the pride of half-knoM ledge, smiled at the means frequently employed by gardeners...plants from cold, as it appeared to me impossible that a thin mat, or any mien flimsy substance, could prevent them from attaining the temperature of the... | |
 | John Tyndall - 1869 - 566 pages
...reference to this point we have the following beautiful passage in the Essay of Wells:—' I had often, in the pride of half knowledge, smiled at the means...frequently employed by gardeners to protect tender plantj from cold, as it appeared to me impossible that a thin mat, or any such flimsy substance could... | |
 | John Tyndall - 1870 - 576 pages
...reference to this point we have the following beautiful passage in the Essay of Wells:—' I had often, in the pride of half knowledge, smiled at the means...plants from cold, as it appeared to me impossible that a thin mat, or any such flimsy substance could prevent them from attaining the temperature of the atmosphere,... | |
 | John Tyndall - 1873 - 582 pages
...the following beautiful passage in the Essay of Wells: " I had often, in the pride of half-knowledge, smiled at the means frequently employed by gardeners...plants from cold, as it appeared to me impossible that a thin mat, or any such flimsy substance, could prevent them from attaining the temperature of the... | |
 | John Tyndall - 1875 - 568 pages
...the following beautiful passage in the Essay of Wells: " I had often, in the pride of half-knowledge, smiled at the means frequently employed by gardeners...plants from cold, as it appeared to me impossible that a thin mat, or any such flimsy subBtance, could prevent them from attaining the temperature of the... | |
 | John Tyndall - 1875 - 600 pages
...following beautiful passage in the Essay of Wells :—' I had often, in the pride of half-knowledge, smiled at the means frequently employed by gardeners...plants from cold, as it appeared to me impossible that a thin mat, or any such flimsy substance, could prevent them from attaining the temperature of the... | |
 | Robert B. Leuchars - 1881 - 390 pages
...exclude a pretty severe frost. " I have often," observes Dr. Wells, " in the pride of half-knowledge, smiled at the means frequently employed by gardeners...plants from cold, as it appeared to me impossible that a thin mat, or any such thin substance, could prevent them from attaining the temperature of the surrounding... | |
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in the pride of half knowledge, smiled at the means frequently employed by gardeners, to protect tender plants from cold, as it appeared to me impossible, that 
