 | Edward T W. Polehampton - 1815 - 588 pages
...previously dispersed by the action of the wind or waves, or rarefied by the son, it then happens that in this vapour, as in a , curtain extended along the channel to the height of about thirty palms, and nearly down to the sea, the observer will behold the scene of the same objects not... | |
 | William Andrew Mitchell - Genius - 1820 - 562 pages
...previously dispersed by the action of the wind or waves, or rarified by the sun, it then happens that in this vapour, as in a curtain extended along the...the height of about 30 palms and nearly down to the sea, the observer will behold the scene of the same objects not only reflected on the surface of the... | |
 | Mrs. Jamieson (Frances Thurtle) - Costume - 1820 - 538 pages
...previously dispersed by the action of the wind and waves, or rarefied by the sun, it then happens, that in this vapour, as in a curtain extended along the channel to the height of above forty palms, and nearly down to the sea, the observer will behold the scene of the same objects... | |
 | Edward Polehampton - Natural history - 1821 - 592 pages
...previously dispersed by the action of the wind or waves, or rarefied by the sun, it then happens that in this vapour, as in a curtain extended along the channel to the height of about thirty palms, and nearly down to the sea, the observer will behold the scene of the same objects not... | |
 | Science - 1826 - 628 pages
...previously dispersed by the action of the wind or waves, or rarefied by the sun, it then happens that in this vapour, as in a curtain extended along the channel to the height of about thirty palms, and nearly down to the sea, the observer will behold the scene of the same objects not... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - Aeronautics - 1829 - 822 pages
...dispersed by the action of the wind or waves, or rarefied by the sun, it then happens that in this vapor, old castle built on a rock, containing several Roman and Moorish four or five and twenty fc«t, and nearly down to the sea, the observer will behold the scene of the... | |
 | Francis Lieber - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1831 - 646 pages
...by the action of the wind and waves, or rarificd by the sun, it then happens, that, in this vapor, as in a curtain extended along the channel to the height of above forty palms, and nearly down to the sea, the observer will behold the scene of the same objects... | |
 | William Gilpin - Forests and forestry - 1834 - 394 pages
...atmosphere be highly impregnated with vapour and dense exhalations at the time, it then happens that in this vapour, as in a curtain extended along the channel to the height of about twentyfour or twenty-five feet, and nearly down to the sea, the observer will behold the scene of the... | |
 | John Lauris Blake - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1834 - 1028 pages
...dispersed by the action of the wind or waves, or rarefied by the sun, it then happens that in tliivapor, as in a curtain extended along the channel to the height of about four or five and twenty feet, and nearly down to the sea, the observer will behold the scene of the... | |
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... palms, and nearly down to the sea, the observer will behold the scene of the same objects not only reflected from the surface of the sea, but likewise in the air, though not so distinct or well defined as the former objects from the sea. 
