The Gallery of Nature; a Pictorial and Descriptive Tour Through Creation, Illustrative of the Wonders of Astronmy, Physical Geography, and Geology |
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... clouds themselves , buoying them up , and causing them to float , by M. Fresnel ; but this is a point respecting which we are left without the guidance of any positive data . The clouds float at different elevations , but the higher we ...
... clouds themselves , buoying them up , and causing them to float , by M. Fresnel ; but this is a point respecting which we are left without the guidance of any positive data . The clouds float at different elevations , but the higher we ...
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... clouds . Viewed from the summits of bigh mountains , while the traveller looks down upon other forms of cloud , he beholds these still above him , and apparently at as great a distance as when seen from the plains . The appearance of ...
... clouds . Viewed from the summits of bigh mountains , while the traveller looks down upon other forms of cloud , he beholds these still above him , and apparently at as great a distance as when seen from the plains . The appearance of ...
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... clouds , or flashing with blinding glare and tremendous effect near the surface of the earth , warning man and beast of the presence of an agency able to extinguish animal and vegetable life in a moment , and utterly inap- preciable in ...
... clouds , or flashing with blinding glare and tremendous effect near the surface of the earth , warning man and beast of the presence of an agency able to extinguish animal and vegetable life in a moment , and utterly inap- preciable in ...
Contents
Illustrated TitleAstronomy | 14 |
Sycne near Alexandria | 89 |
Translation of the Earth in space | 159 |
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