The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal: Exhibiting a View of the Progressive Discoveries and Improvements in the Sciences and the Arts, Band 31A. and C. Black, 1841 |
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Seite 188 - Pamer; and as during all that time you do not meet with any habitations, it is necessary to make provision at the outset accordingly. So great is the height of the mountains, that no birds are to be seen near their summits; and however extraordinary it may be thought, it was affirmed, that from the keenness of the air, fires when lighted do not give the same heat as in lower situations, nor produce the same effect in dressing victuals...
Seite 28 - Hampshire, and Vermont, the White Pine abounds in various situations, adapting itself to every variety of soil, from dry, gravelly upland, to swamps constantly wet. Michaux measured two trunks near the river Kennebec, one of which was 154 feet long, and 54 inches in diameter; the other 144 feet long, and 44 inches in diameter, at three feet from the ground. Dr. Dwight also mentions a specimen on the Kattskill 249 feet long, and several on the Unadilla 200 feet long, and three in diameter.* These,...
Seite 99 - ... rays converging from all parts of the heavens to one dark point, but no luminous body ; this phenomenon disappeared in fifteen minutes.
Seite 435 - A GENERAL OUTLINE OF THE ANIMAL KINGDOM AND MANUAL OF COMPARATIVE ANATOMY. By T.
Seite 267 - ... which they stood. They first observed a small crack in the ground about four or five inches wide, and a field that was sown with oats to heave up and roll about like waves of water ; the trees moved as if blown with wind, but the air was calm and serene ; the...
Seite 25 - Virginiana) is another valuable wood, the growth of which is confined to the United States. In situations where the soil is favourable, it grows to the height of 40 or 50 feet, with a diameter of 12 or 13 inches. This wood is of a bright red colour ; it is odorous, compact, fine-grained, and very light, and is used, as already stated, in ship-building, along with live oak and locust, to compensate for their weight. It is considered one .of the most durable woods of the United States, and being less...
Seite 194 - The object of his bequest, as set forth in his will, is "the maintenance and support of public lectures, to be delivered in Boston, upon philosophy, natural history, the arts and sciences, or any of them, as the trustee shall, from time to time, deem expedient for the promotion of the moral, and intellectual, and physical instruction or education of the citizens of Boston.
Seite 180 - Tonfala with sluices ; the former was finished in 1819, and the latter in 1821. Since that time the diseases of mal-aria have ceased so entirely at all points, that no other dangers are now incurred, regarding the insalubrity of the atmosphere, than such as may arise from neglect of these sluices, which the inhabitants of the country should regard as their palladium.
Seite 295 - ... was carried by the hurricane from the room in which she sat and dashed against a building at a very considerable distance ; the bed of the invalid remaining in its place. In the interval between this calamity and the concussions of the earth (the first of which occurred on the 16th of December), various meteors and balls of fire of different sizes and appearances were observed. One of them, of a magnitude calculated to excite alarm, was seen by spectators who were a hundred miles asunder on the...
Seite 193 - ... the figure opened its eyes, and shut its mouth voluntarily ; it then swallowed a large portion of the black fluid, and, within the hour, an animated being sat on the couch, with blood returning into his lips, and a feeble power of articulation. In the Persian language he addressed his visitor, and inquired the particulars of his mission.