Introduction to MeteorologyW. Blackwood and sons, 1849 - 487 Seiten |
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... amount . 99. Illus- trated ; remarkable examples . 100. Polarization of light . 101. Polari- zation of the atmosphere . 102. Secondary neutral points . 103. Twilight ; cause . 104. Adds to our comfort . 105. Anti - twilight . 106 ...
... amount . 99. Illus- trated ; remarkable examples . 100. Polarization of light . 101. Polari- zation of the atmosphere . 102. Secondary neutral points . 103. Twilight ; cause . 104. Adds to our comfort . 105. Anti - twilight . 106 ...
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... amount of annual evaporation . 125. Cold produced by eva- poration ; ice - caverns . 126. Dew - point ; mean dryness . 127. How ascertained ; range of Hygrometer . CHAPTER VII . 128. Dew . 129. Circumstances attending its formation ...
... amount of annual evaporation . 125. Cold produced by eva- poration ; ice - caverns . 126. Dew - point ; mean dryness . 127. How ascertained ; range of Hygrometer . CHAPTER VII . 128. Dew . 129. Circumstances attending its formation ...
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David Purdie Thomson. snow . 203. Amount of snow which falls in different countries . 204. The Avalanche . 205. Catastrophe in Val de Bagnes . 206. Kinds of ava- lanches . 207. Of Mont Blanc , & c . 208. Dangers : Dr Hamel's unfor ...
David Purdie Thomson. snow . 203. Amount of snow which falls in different countries . 204. The Avalanche . 205. Catastrophe in Val de Bagnes . 206. Kinds of ava- lanches . 207. Of Mont Blanc , & c . 208. Dangers : Dr Hamel's unfor ...
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... amounts to 93,410,000 miles , and on the 1st of July to 96,595,000 , -these being the extremes . The form of the earth is spherical , with a slight flattening The mean of the extreme distances is 95,002,500 miles , but that of the ...
... amounts to 93,410,000 miles , and on the 1st of July to 96,595,000 , -these being the extremes . The form of the earth is spherical , with a slight flattening The mean of the extreme distances is 95,002,500 miles , but that of the ...
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... amounts to 7,913.45 miles , and the mean circumference to 24,885 . This determination of the figure of our globe has been the result of patient and la- borious inquiries , made in all parts of the earth , with instru- ments of the most ...
... amounts to 7,913.45 miles , and the mean circumference to 24,885 . This determination of the figure of our globe has been the result of patient and la- borious inquiries , made in all parts of the earth , with instru- ments of the most ...
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Seite 90 - How beautiful is night ! A dewy freshness fills the silent air, No mist obscures, nor cloud, nor speck, nor stain, Breaks the serene of heaven : In full-orbed glory yonder moon divine Rolls through the dark blue depths.
Seite 227 - It is not noon— the Sunbow's rays still arch The torrent with the many hues of heaven, And roll the sheeted silver's waving column O'er the crag's headlong perpendicular, And fling its lines of foaming light along, And to and fro, like the pale courser's tail, The Giant steed, to be bestrode by Death, As told in the Apocalypse.
Seite 173 - Ye ice-falls ! ye that from the mountain's brow Adown enormous ravines slope amain— Torrents, methinks, that heard a mighty Voice, And stopp'd at once amid their maddest plunge ! Motionless torrents ! silent cataracts ! Who made you glorious as the gates of Heaven Beneath the keen full moon ? Who bade the sun Clothe you with rainbows ? Who, with living flowers Of loveliest blue, spread garlands at your feet ?— God...
Seite 220 - O'er mountain, tower, and town, Or, mirrored in the ocean vast, A thousand fathoms down ! As fresh in yon horizon dark, As young thy beauties seem. As when the eagle from the ark First sported in thy beam. For, faithful to its sacred page, Heaven still rebuilds thy span • Nor lets the type grow pale with age That first spoke peace to man.
Seite 173 - Ye ice-falls! ye that from the mountain's brow Adown enormous ravines slope amain — Torrents, methinks, that heard a mighty voice, And stopped at once amid their maddest plunge Motionless torrents! silent cataracts! Who made you glorious as the gates of Heaven Beneath the keen full moon? Who bade the sun Clothe you with rainbows? Who, with living flowers Of loveliest blue, spread garlands at your feet? God! — let the torrents, like a shout of nations, Answer! and let the ice-plains echo, God!
Seite 108 - I am the daughter of earth and water, And the nursling of the sky; I pass through the pores of the ocean and shores ; I change, but I cannot die. For after the rain when, with never a stain, The pavilion of heaven is bare, And the winds and sunbeams with their convex gleams, Build up the blue dome of air...
Seite 108 - I pass through the pores of the ocean and shores; I change, but I cannot die. For after the rain when with never a stain, The pavilion of heaven is bare, And the winds and sunbeams with their convex gleams, Build up the blue dome of air, I silently laugh at my own cenotaph, And out of the caverns of rain, Like a child from the womb, like a ghost from the tomb, I arise and unbuild it again.
Seite 220 - I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.
Seite 390 - Because my nature was averse from life; And yet not cruel; for I would not make, But find a desolation. Like the wind, The red-hot breath of the most lone Simoom, Which dwells but in the desert and sweeps o'er The barren sands which bear no shrubs to blast, And revels o'er their wild and arid waves, And seeketh not, so that it is not sought, But being met is deadly, — such hath been The course of my existence; but there came Things in my path which are no more.
Seite 173 - Ye pine-groves, with your soft and soul-like sounds! And they too have a voice, yon piles of snow, And in their perilous fall shall thunder, God!