The Contemplative Philosopher: Or, Short Essays on the Various Objects of Nature Throughout the Year; with Poetical Illus., and Moral Reflections on Each Subject, Volumen1Sherwood, Neely & Jones, 1817 |
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... stars of six points , and are as perfect and trans- parent ice as any we see on a pond . Upon each of these points are other collateral points , set at the same angles as the main points themselves : among which there are divers others ...
... stars of six points , and are as perfect and trans- parent ice as any we see on a pond . Upon each of these points are other collateral points , set at the same angles as the main points themselves : among which there are divers others ...
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... star , with six equal rays bounded by circumferences of equal diame- ters : they had all of them the same number of rays branching from a common centre . The size of each of these little stars was equal to the circle presented by ...
... star , with six equal rays bounded by circumferences of equal diame- ters : they had all of them the same number of rays branching from a common centre . The size of each of these little stars was equal to the circle presented by ...
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... stars appear with some brilliancy . This species is thought by the natives to be a forerunner of storms . There is another kind , which begins with certain insulated rays , from the north , and others from the north - east . They ...
... stars appear with some brilliancy . This species is thought by the natives to be a forerunner of storms . There is another kind , which begins with certain insulated rays , from the north , and others from the north - east . They ...
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... stars are of a fiery redness . Mock suns and halos are not in- frequent ; they are very bright , and richly tinged with all the colours of the rainbow . The sun also rises and sets here with a large cone of yellowish light ...
... stars are of a fiery redness . Mock suns and halos are not in- frequent ; they are very bright , and richly tinged with all the colours of the rainbow . The sun also rises and sets here with a large cone of yellowish light ...
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... stars , some plain , and some serrated rays . These forms depend upon the disposition of the atmosphere ; and in calm weather , the snow coalesces , and falls in clusters . The single night of this dreadful country begins about the 30th ...
... stars , some plain , and some serrated rays . These forms depend upon the disposition of the atmosphere ; and in calm weather , the snow coalesces , and falls in clusters . The single night of this dreadful country begins about the 30th ...
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