| Henry Major - 1873 - 164 pągines
...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... | |
| John Murray (Firm) - 1873 - 586 pągines
...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 became more or less impregnated with earth and cinders. This was a surprising phenomenon, and it deserved,... | |
| Henry Major - 1875 - 268 pągines
...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... | |
| Pliny (the Younger) - 1878 - 466 pągines
...the manner I have mentioned; it appeared sometimes bright and sometimes dark and spotted, according as it was either more or less impregnated with earth and cinders. This phenomenon seemed to a man of such learning and research as my uncle extraordinary and worth further... | |
| Marlborough coll, nat. hist. soc - 1880 - 152 pągines
...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 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... | |
| Samuel Kinns - 1883 - 556 pągines
...which shot up to a great height, in the form of a trunk, and extended itself at the top into branches. It appeared sometimes bright and sometimes dark and spotted, as it was more or less impregnated with cinders. It soon spread over the sky, so as to completely hide the sun... | |
| Story reader - 1884 - 92 pągines
...Vesuvius — so well known as the only active volcano of any consequence on the continent of Europe. It appeared sometimes bright, and sometimes dark and spotted, as it was more or less mingled with earth and ashes. This cloud was the precursor of a terrible eruption of Vesuvius,... | |
| Daniel Clarke Eddy - 1885 - 328 pągines
...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... | |
| Samuel Kinns - 1885 - 578 pągines
...which shot up to a great height, in the form of a trunk, and extended itself at the top into branches. It appeared sometimes bright and sometimes dark and spotted, as it was more or less impregnated with cinders. It soon spread over the sky, so as to completely hide the sun;... | |
| Samuel Kinns - 1887 - 862 pągines
...which shot up to a great height, in the form of a trunk, and extended itself at the top into branches. It appeared sometimes bright and sometimes dark and spotted, as it was more or less impregnated with cinders. It soon spread over the sky, so as to completely hide the sun... | |
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