 | 1907
...A» currents oí sir, v.iih the clouds ova lúe íurfa« gf уущ- body ; whcrcwhich (hews ditrercnt currents of air, one under the other. As the air between the tropics is rarefied by the fun, it rifes, the denier northern and fouihern air prefling into its plsce. The air... | |
 | 1752
...difFufed. It is a common thing to fee clouds at different heigh's paffing different ways, which (hews different currents of air, one under the other. As the air between the tropics is rarefied by the fun, it rifes ; 'the denier northern and Southern air preffing into its place. The... | |
 | James Hardie - 1801
...inches distance, and make a loud report, at how great a distance will 10.OOO acres of electric cloud strike and give its fire and how loud must be that crack !" To demonstrate, in the completest manner possible, the sameness of the electric fluid with the matter... | |
 | John Wesley - 1817 - 252 Seiten
...at the same time. This manifestly proves different currents of air, one of them under the other. Now as the air between the tropics is rarified by the sun, it rises, the denser air pressing into its place ; the air so raised, moves north and south, and if it has no opportunity... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1830
...distance, and make a loud report, at how great a distance will ten thousand acres of electrified cloud strike, and give its fire ; and how loud must be that crack! He then notices the crooked and waving course, both of the flash of lightning, and, in some cases,... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1830
...distance, and make a loud report, at how great a distance will ten thousand acres of electrified cloud strike, and give its fire ; and how loud must be that crack ! He then notices the crooked and waving course, both of the flash of lightning, and, in some cases,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin, Jared Sparks - 1837
...distance, and make a loud snap, to what a great distance may ten thousand acres of electrified cloud strike and give its fire, and how loud must be that...at different heights passing different ways, which shows different currents of air, one under the other. As the air between the tropics is rarefied by... | |
 | Henry Howe - 1840 - 482 Seiten
...distance, and make a loud report, at how great a distance will ten thousand acres of electrifie4 cloud strike, and give its fire ; and how loud must be that crack ! He then notices the crooked and waving course, both of the flash of lightning, and, in some cases,... | |
 | Dionysius Lardner, Charles Vincent Walker - 1841 - 439 Seiten
...distance, and make a loud snap, to what a great distance may ten thousand acres of electrified cloud strike and give its fire, and how loud must be that crack ! " * (53.) The analogies which he stated as affording presumptive evidence of the identity of lightning... | |
 | 1844
...distance, and make a loud snap, to what a great distance may ten thousand acres of electrified cloud strike, and give its fire, and how loud must be that crack Г' He next states the analogies which afford presumptive evidence of the identity of lightning and... | |
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... will give a spark at a greater distance. Two gun-barrels united, and as highly electrified, will give a spark at a still greater distance. But if two gun-barrels electrified will strike at two inches distance, and make a loud snap, to what a great... 
