On the Beauties, Harmonies, and Sublimities of Nature: With Notes, Commentaries, and Illustrations |
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Page 82
... seen on the mountains rising above Quito , in Peru ; while Edwards asserts that a rainbow was seen near London , caused by the ex- halations of that city , after the sun had set more than twenty minutes . A naval friend informs me that ...
... seen on the mountains rising above Quito , in Peru ; while Edwards asserts that a rainbow was seen near London , caused by the ex- halations of that city , after the sun had set more than twenty minutes . A naval friend informs me that ...
Page 91
... seen many phenomena common to Greenland and Baffin's Bay , while at a distance from the coast are beheld large ice islands , floating in majestic masses like mountains . Against these the waters of the ocean are perpetually dashing ...
... seen many phenomena common to Greenland and Baffin's Bay , while at a distance from the coast are beheld large ice islands , floating in majestic masses like mountains . Against these the waters of the ocean are perpetually dashing ...
Page 92
... seen , or an event occurs , of which they are unable to discover the immediate cause . The cause of lightning is now generally under- stood : we shall , therefore , merely allude to a few instances of electrical phenomena . Bosman ...
... seen , or an event occurs , of which they are unable to discover the immediate cause . The cause of lightning is now generally under- stood : we shall , therefore , merely allude to a few instances of electrical phenomena . Bosman ...
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