 | William Clarke (architect.) - 1836 - 354 pàgines
...weight, expanded in this manner : it appeared sometimes oright and sometimes dark and spotted, as it was more or less impregnated with earth and cinders. This extraordinary phenomenon excited my uncle's philosophical curiosity to take a nearer view of it. He ordered a light vessel to be got ready, and... | |
 | William Clarke (architect.) - 1836 - 392 pàgines
...weight, expanded in this manner : it appeared sometimes oright and sometimes dark and spotted, as it was more or less impregnated with earth and cinders. This extraordinary phenomenon excited my uncle's philosophical curiosity to take a nearer view of it. He ordered a light vessel to be got ready, and... | |
 | 1840 - 522 pàgines
...to a great height in the form of a trunk, which extended itself at top into a sort of branches ; and it appeared sometimes bright, and sometimes dark and...more or less impregnated with earth and cinders. This was a noble phenomenon for the philosophic Pliny, who immediately ordered a light vessel to be got... | |
 | 1840 - 530 pàgines
...to a great height in the form of a trunk, which extended itself at top into a sort of branches; and it appeared sometimes bright, and sometimes dark and...more or less impregnated with earth and cinders. This was a noble phenomenon for the philosophic Pliny, who immediately ordered a light vessel to be got... | |
 | Charles Anthon - 1841 - 664 pàgines
...of which decreased as it advanced upward, or the cloud itself, being pressed .back again by its own weight, expanded in this manner : it appeared sometimes...cinders. This extraordinary phenomenon excited my uncle's philosophical curiosity to take a nearer view of it. He ordered a light vessel to be got ready, and... | |
 | John Miley - 1843 - 382 pàgines
...of which decreased as it advanced upwards, or the cloud itself being pressed back again by its own weight, expanded in this manner ; it appeared sometimes bright and sometimes dark and spotted, as it was more or less impregnated with earth and cinders. This extraordinary phenomenon excited my uncle's philosophical... | |
 | John P. Hiester - 1845 - 298 pàgines
...of which decreased as it advanced upwards, or the cloud itself being pressed back again by its own weight, expanded in this manner : it appeared sometimes bright and sometimes dark and spotted, as it was more or less impregnated with earth and cinders. This extraordinary phenemenon excited my uncle's philosophical... | |
 | Wilhelm Wittich - 1845 - 432 pàgines
...involved the death of his uncle, Pliny the elder, the famous author of the Natural History. its own weight, expanded in this manner. It appeared sometimes...bright and sometimes dark and spotted, as it 'was cither more or less impregnated with earth and cinders. This extraordinary phenomenon excited my uncle's... | |
 | Half hours - 1847 - 560 pàgines
...of which degreased as it advanced upwards, or the cloud itself, being pressed back again by its own weight, expanded in this manner ; it appeared sometimes...cinders. This extraordinary phenomenon excited my uncle's philosophical curiosity to take a nearer view of it. He ordered a light vessel to be got ready, and... | |
 | James Caughey - 1847 - 376 pàgines
...of which decreased as it advanced upwards ; or the cloud itself, being pressed back again by its own weight, expanded in this manner. It appeared sometimes...cinders. This extraordinary phenomenon excited my uncle's philosophical curiosity to take a nearer view of it. He ordered a light vessel to be got ready, and... | |
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... at the top into a sort of branches ; occasioned, I imagine, either by a sudden gust of air that impelled it, the force of which decreased as it advanced upwards, or the cloud itself, being pressed back again by its own weight, expanded in this manner;... 
