Light: Its Properties and Effects ...Religious Tract Society, 1840 - 192 pàgines |
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Pàgina 11
... the pholas , in darkened apartments , that they might have the pleasure of seeing the scin- tillations emitted while they gratified their palates . Other instances of the same kind might be easil 12 THE GLOW - WORM . specified . A ...
... the pholas , in darkened apartments , that they might have the pleasure of seeing the scin- tillations emitted while they gratified their palates . Other instances of the same kind might be easil 12 THE GLOW - WORM . specified . A ...
Pàgina 12
... traveller in distant lands , for example , says : " The river abounded with fish ; it glowed with phosphorescent light ; as we passed over , though it was as dark as pitch , the boat was actually illuminated with shoals of moving lights ...
... traveller in distant lands , for example , says : " The river abounded with fish ; it glowed with phosphorescent light ; as we passed over , though it was as dark as pitch , the boat was actually illuminated with shoals of moving lights ...
Pàgina 13
... traveller says : " I could not but admire the thousands and tens of thousands of fire - flies that spangled the gulf below , a tiny galaxy ; they did not twinkle promiscuously , but seemed to emit their small green light by signals ...
... traveller says : " I could not but admire the thousands and tens of thousands of fire - flies that spangled the gulf below , a tiny galaxy ; they did not twinkle promiscuously , but seemed to emit their small green light by signals ...
Pàgina 15
... traveller , who had just passed from the dark and turbulent waves of the Atlantic , to the calm and gentle waters of the Mediterranean , states , that while the day presented pleasing objects , others equally lovely ap- peared at night ...
... traveller , who had just passed from the dark and turbulent waves of the Atlantic , to the calm and gentle waters of the Mediterranean , states , that while the day presented pleasing objects , others equally lovely ap- peared at night ...
Pàgina 17
... traveller , who had just passed from the dark and turbulent waves of the Atlantic , to the calm and gentle waters of the Mediterranean , states , that while the day presented pleasing objects , others equally lovely ap- peared at night ...
... traveller , who had just passed from the dark and turbulent waves of the Atlantic , to the calm and gentle waters of the Mediterranean , states , that while the day presented pleasing objects , others equally lovely ap- peared at night ...
Frases i termes més freqüents
ACHROMATIC TELESCOPE AHAZ Ajalon ancient ASTOR atmosphere beam beautiful behold Bethlehem blue bright brilliant called carbonic acid CHAPTER circumstances clouds colour convex lens cuticle dark direction distance Divine earth effect Egypt experiment fact feet figure firmament flowers glass globe glory green heaven horizon hues inch instance inverted John Dollond LENOX AND TILDEN lens little creatures luminous luminous appearance luminous body MAGI magnified marine animals Memnon microscope miles minute moon morning mucosum nature night NIGHT IN HEAVEN objects observed Orinoco passed PHOSPHORESCENCE placed plants prism produced rainbow rays of light reflected refracting telescopes refraction remarkable Remphan resembling retina rising rocks says seen shadow ship sounds space SPECTRAL ILLUSIONS star STAR OF BETHLEHEM statue of Memnon sunrise supposed surface syrup telescope Thaumatrope things TILDEN FOUNDATIONS tints transparent traveller unto vegetable visible vision word yellow
Passatges populars
Pàgina 11 - These are thy glorious works, Parent of good, Almighty ! thine this universal frame, Thus wondrous fair: thyself how wondrous then, Unspeakable ! who sitt'st above these heavens To us invisible, or dimly seen In these thy lowest works; yet these declare Thy goodness beyond thought, and power divine.
Pàgina 12 - And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by Him.
Pàgina 59 - Now the Lord is that Spirit : and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, as by the Spirit of the Lord.
Pàgina 11 - ... ascend, Bear on your wings and in your notes his praise. Ye that in waters glide, and ye that walk The earth, and stately tread, or lowly creep, Witness if I be silent, morn or even, To hill, or valley, fountain, or fresh shade, Made vocal by my song, and taught his praise. Hail, universal Lord! be bounteous still To give us only good; and, if the night Have gathered aught of evil or concealed. Disperse it, as now light dispels the dark!
Pàgina 74 - For their vine is of the vine of Sodom, and of the fields of Gomorrah : their grapes are grapes of gall, their clusters are bitter : Their wine is the poison of dragons, and the cruel venom of asps.
Pàgina 24 - The hand that gave it, still supplies The gracious light and heat ; His truths upon the nations rise, They rise, but never set. 4 Let everlasting thanks be thine, For such a bright display, As makes a world of darkness shine With beams of heavenly day.
Pàgina v - I blessed the Most High, and I praised and honoured him that liveth for ever, whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is from generation to generation : and all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou?
Pàgina 24 - We have also a more sure word of prophecy ; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the daystar arise in your hearts: Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the Scripture is of any private interpretation.
Pàgina 17 - And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night ; and let them be for signs and for seasons, and for days,
Pàgina 74 - Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright. At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.