The Heavens, the Earth, and the Sea, Or, The Hand of God in the Works of NatureT. Nelson and Sons, 1860 - 416 pages |
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... grand and ever - shifting variety of light and shade ; and it seems never to move from one spot of their sky , but may be left behind them by their travelling into their other hemisphere . How curious must it be for the inhabitants of ...
... grand and ever - shifting variety of light and shade ; and it seems never to move from one spot of their sky , but may be left behind them by their travelling into their other hemisphere . How curious must it be for the inhabitants of ...
Page 32
... grand in the extreme . A little before three o'clock , a slight shock of an earthquake was felt , accompanied with a noise resembling the distant discharge of ar- tillery . It was now that the increasing gloom en- grossed universal ...
... grand in the extreme . A little before three o'clock , a slight shock of an earthquake was felt , accompanied with a noise resembling the distant discharge of ar- tillery . It was now that the increasing gloom en- grossed universal ...
Page 50
... sentences . There is one thought about them , how- ever , which deserves to be dragged into prominence- that , in their grand result , in the character which they give to local climate , particularly in regard to its 50 THE AIR .
... sentences . There is one thought about them , how- ever , which deserves to be dragged into prominence- that , in their grand result , in the character which they give to local climate , particularly in regard to its 50 THE AIR .
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... grand vicissitudes ; and at least two great seasons . Its courses of weather pass on from the rotting calm to the convulsing hurricane ; and its courses of reproduction and growth alternately sink to exhaustion , and go round the circle ...
... grand vicissitudes ; and at least two great seasons . Its courses of weather pass on from the rotting calm to the convulsing hurricane ; and its courses of reproduction and growth alternately sink to exhaustion , and go round the circle ...
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... grand source through- out the solar system is the sun ; a minor source of it , in this part of the universe , is the fixed stars ; and the local sources of it in our world are principally the flashes of the electric fluid , the glow of ...
... grand source through- out the solar system is the sun ; a minor source of it , in this part of the universe , is the fixed stars ; and the local sources of it in our world are principally the flashes of the electric fluid , the glow of ...
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action aloft ammonites animalcules animals aphides appearance atmosphere basalt beautiful birds body called carbonic acid carpel cells character chemical chemical affinity clouds colour combination comprise constitute creatures curious dark distance earth electric exist fall flowers fluid force gases glory grand grand agent ground heat heaven height hundred feet inhabitants insects instances island kinds lake land larvæ leaves less light liquid living lofty look magnificent mammals masses metamorphic rocks miles mineral minute molluscs moon mountains move multitudes nature nearly occur ocean organic organised oxygen peculiar phosphorescence plants possess pre-adamite prodigious produce pupa quadrupeds quantity racters rain regions remarkable resembling rise rivers rocks sedimentary rocks seeds shells similar snow soil sometimes sound species sporules stem stupendous sublime substances surface temperature things thousand thunder tion trees tropics vapour varieties vast vegetable volcanoes wind wings winter wonderful zoophytes