The gallery of nature: a tour through creation, 第 28 巻1860 |
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... sand . The orations of the Greeks and Romans were regulated by this contrivance as to their time of speaking , which was called pleading by the clepsydra . The Tower of the Winds at Athens , other- wise styled the Tower of the Clock ...
... sand . The orations of the Greeks and Romans were regulated by this contrivance as to their time of speaking , which was called pleading by the clepsydra . The Tower of the Winds at Athens , other- wise styled the Tower of the Clock ...
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... sand , placed at the dis- tance of five hundred feet , will denote the Asteroids . An orange of moderate size , distant a quarter of a mile , will indicate Jupiter . Saturn may be shown by a lesser one , at two - fifths of a mile ; and ...
... sand , placed at the dis- tance of five hundred feet , will denote the Asteroids . An orange of moderate size , distant a quarter of a mile , will indicate Jupiter . Saturn may be shown by a lesser one , at two - fifths of a mile ; and ...
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... sand for 15 hours Shower of sulphur Sulphurous rain The same Shower of sulphur Shower of unknown matter Two large stones , weighing 20lbs . A stony mass A stone of 74 lbs . A stone A stone Extensive shower of stones About twelve stones ...
... sand for 15 hours Shower of sulphur Sulphurous rain The same Shower of sulphur Shower of unknown matter Two large stones , weighing 20lbs . A stony mass A stone of 74 lbs . A stone A stone Extensive shower of stones About twelve stones ...
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... sand ; how easy , then , for any unsteadiness in the air , or any imperfection in the instrument , so far to diffuse the light of each that they would merge into each other , and thus become confounded in one mass ! " Throughout the ...
... sand ; how easy , then , for any unsteadiness in the air , or any imperfection in the instrument , so far to diffuse the light of each that they would merge into each other , and thus become confounded in one mass ! " Throughout the ...
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... sand to the mass of the globe , compared with what lies beyond the bounds of telescopic sight , hid in regions which mortal gaze will never explore or visit . Suppose we could actually travel across the space through which the ...
... sand to the mass of the globe , compared with what lies beyond the bounds of telescopic sight , hid in regions which mortal gaze will never explore or visit . Suppose we could actually travel across the space through which the ...
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ancient animals appearance astronomical Atlantic atmosphere basalt beds bodies carboniferous cause cavern celestial centre climate clouds coal coast colour comet constellation continent dark depth diameter direction distance districts earth ecliptic elevation equator Europe exhibits extending feet felspar Flamstead formation globe gneiss granite heat heavens height Herschel Hipparchus hornblende hundred hyæna immense inhabitants island Jupiter lake land latitude light limestone lunar magnitude mass miles moon motion mountains nature nearly night northern observed occur ocean old red sandstone orbit Orinoco passing perihelion period phenomena plains planets pole present Ptolemy Pyrenees rain regions remarkable rise river rocks round sand sandstone Saturn seen shore side Silurian snow solar southern species spot square miles stars strata stratum stream summit supposed surface telescope temperature terrestrial trees tropical valley vapour vast vegetation velocity visible volcanic whole wind winter zone
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681 ページ - Thou hast spread thy wing, and sheltered us from the pestilence that walketh in darkness, and the destruction that wasteth at noon-day.
544 ページ - Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views At evening from the top of Fesole Or in Valdarno to descry new lands, .Rivers or mountains in her spotty globe; His spear, to equal which the tallest pine Hewn on Norwegian hills to be the mast Of some great ammiral, were but a wand.
72 ページ - O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver every mountain's head ; Then shine the vales, the rocks in prospect rise, A flood of glory bursts from all the skies ; ' The conscious swains, rejoicing in the sight, Eye the blue vault, and bless the useful light.
563 ページ - And he spake of trees, from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall: he spake also of beasts, and of fowl, and of creeping things, and of fishes.
714 ページ - Thus Satan, talking to his nearest mate, With head up-lift above the wave, and eyes That sparkling blazed ; his other parts besides Prone on the flood, extended long and large, Lay floating many a rood...
320 ページ - Almighty's form Glasses itself in tempests; in all time, Calm or convulsed; in breeze or gale or storm, Icing the pole, or in the torrid clime Dark-heaving, boundless, endless, and sublime, — The image of Eternity, the throne Of the Invisible; even from out thy slime The monsters of the deep are made; each zone Obeys thee; thou goest forth, dread, fathomless, alone.
256 ページ - And when they came to Marah, they could not drink of the waters of Marah, for they were bitter : therefore the name of it was called Marah.
203 ページ - 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 ! God!
684 ページ - Where glistening streamers waved and danced, The wanderer's eye could barely view The summer heaven's delicious blue ; So wondrous wild, the whole might seem The scenery of a fairy dream.
5 ページ - How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank! Here will we sit, and let the sounds of music Creep in our ears— soft stillness and the night Become the touches of sweet harmony...