 | William Nicholson - 1809 - 716 páginas
...of a whitish colour, whereas ours assume various tints, especially those of a fiery and purple hue. The sky was generally clear when they appeared, and the air sharp and cold, the thermometer standing at the freeziug point." The periods of the appearance of these northern lights are very inconstant.... | |
 | John Campbell - 1813 - 546 páginas
...part of the sky. These columns differed from the southern lights in being always of a whitish colour. The sky was generally clear when they appeared, and the air sharp and cold, the thermometer standing at the freezing point. On March 26, Captain Cook made the coast of New Zealand, and anchored... | |
 | 1815 - 476 páginas
...substance of these southern lights, aurora australis, which till then had escaped the notice of voyagers. The sky was generally clear when they appeared, and the air sharp and cold, the thermometer standing at the freezing point, the ship being then in 58 deg. S. On the 24th of February, being in... | |
 | Edward T W. Polehampton - 1815 - 588 páginas
...and sometimes iiint iv to be seen through the substance of these southern lights, Aurora Australis. The sky was generally clear when they appeared, and the air sharp and cold, the thermometer standing at the freer. Ing point ; the ship being then in 58° south.*" Forster speaks of the same... | |
 | 1824 - 798 páginas
...a whiteish colour ; whereas ours assume various tints, especially those of a fiery and purple hue. The sky was generally clear when they appeared, and the air sharp and cold, the thermometer standing at the freezing point." The most complete series of observations on the Aurora that has yet... | |
 | Richard Lobb - 1817 - 418 páginas
...of a whitish colour ; whereas ours assume various tints, especially those of a fiery and purple hue. The sky was generally clear when they appeared, and the air sharp and cold, the thermometer standing at the freezing point.' I shall not attempt to give any account of the earlier conjectures... | |
 | John Campbell - 1818 - 520 páginas
...part of the sky. These columns differed from the southern lights in being always of a whitish colour. The sky was generally clear when they appeared, and the air sharp and cold, the thermometer standing at the freezing point. In March 26th, Captain Cook made the coast of New Zealand, and anchored... | |
 | Thomas Keith - 1819 - 380 páginas
...sometime* hid by, and sometimes faintly to be seen through, the substances of them Aurora; Australes. The sky was generally clear when they appeared, and the air sharp and cold, the thermometer standing at the freezing |»omt; the ship being in latititude 58» south." | Dr. Rees' New Cyclopedia,... | |
 | William Nicholson - 1819 - 370 páginas
...of a whitish colour, whereas ours assume various tints, especially those of a fiery and purple hue. The sky was generally clear when they appeared, and the, air sharp and cold, the thermometer standing at the freezing point." The periods of the appearance of these northern lights are very inconstant.... | |
 | William Nicholson - 1819 - 376 páginas
...whitish colour, whereas ours assume various tints, especially those of a 6ery and purple hue. Th« sky was generally clear when they appeared, and the air sharp and cold, the thermometer standing at the freezing point" The periods of the appearance of these northern lights are very inconstant.... | |
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The sky was generally clear when they appeared, and the air sharp and cold, the thermometer standing at the freezing point, the ship being in latitude 58° south. 
