 | H. J. Lloyd - 1828 - 80 pages
...descent, at the instant of their breaking, of a large body of water sufficient to sink a ship ; but this does not appear to be the case, for the water descends...compass, are very common in the vicinity of water-spouts. GIFT JAK 10-36 PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY. ON PHYSICAL CLIMATE. Circumstances which determine its character... | |
 | Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford - 1833 - 614 pages
...descent, at the instant of their breaking, of a large body of water sufficient to sink a ship ; but this does not appear to be the case, for the water descends...compass, are very common in the vicinity of water-spouts. . WHISKEY; signifying originally water, but applied, in Ireland, and in the highlands and islands of... | |
 | Encyclopaedia Americana - 1833 - 548 pages
...descent, at the instant of their breaking, of a large body of water sufficient to sink a ship; but this does not appear to be the case, for the water descends...compass, are very common in the vicinity of water-spouts. WHISKEY ; signifying originally water, but applied, in Ireland, and in the highlands and islands of... | |
 | Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford, Henry Vethake - 1833 - 570 pages
...descent, at th« instant of their breaking, of a large body of water sufficient to sink a ship ; but this does not appear to be the case, for the water descends only hi the form of heavy rain. It is true, that small vessels incur a risk of being overset if they carry... | |
 | 1834 - 574 pages
...descent, at the instant of their breaking, of a large body of water sufficient to sink a ship ; but this does not appear to be the case, for the water descends...wind, from all points of the compass, are very common m the vicinity of water-spouts. D ON PHYSICAL CLIMATE. Circumstances which determine its character... | |
 | Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth - 1835 - 546 pages
...descent, at the instant of their breaking, of a large body of water sufficient to sink a ship ; but this does not appear to be the case, for the water descends...overset if they carry much sail -. because sudden -rusts of wind, from all points of the compass, are very common in the vicinity of water-spouts. WHISKEY... | |
 | 1841 - 982 pages
...their breaking, of a large body of water, sufficient to sink a ship ; but this does not appear to he the case, for the water descends only in the form...compass, are very common in the vicinity of water-spouts. WHISKEY, (a corruption of the Gaelic word usquebaugh, which, we believe, signifies n-ater,) is the... | |
 | James Covel (jr.) - 1843 - 548 pages
...to a ship, owing to the descent at the instant of their breaking of a large body of water ; but this does not appear to be the case, for the water descends only in the form of heavy rain. WAY, 1. Is the path in which one walks ; hence " the way of any one," is the way which he is wont to... | |
 | Mrs. Loudon (Jane), Jane Loudon - 1848 - 426 pages
...descent, at the instant of their breaking, of a large body of water, sufficient to sink a ship ; but this does not appear to be the case, for the water descends only in the form of heavy rain." BOOK IV. WONDERS OF ANIMAL LIFE. To do justice to this subject, it would be necessary to write a work... | |
 | Tempest - 1848 - 316 pages
...that when they break, a large body of water descends, sufficient to sink a ship. Such however is not the case ; for the water descends only in the form of heavy rain, where it is broken from the ascending whirlwind ; but there is danger to small vessels of * Professor... | |
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... they pass rapidly along the surface of the sea, and continue a quarter of an hour or more before they disappear. A notion has been entertained that they are very dangerous to shipping, owing to the descent, at the instant of their breaking, of a large... 
