 | Olinthus Gilbert Gregory - 1802 - 590 pages
...volcanoes in the dark part of the moon ; two of them seemed to be almost extinct, but the third exhibited an actual eruption of fire or luminous matter, resembling...such a coal would be seen to glow in faint day-light. -+72. Some astronomers, as Floreutt, Langreni, HeveliitSt Ricciolus, Cassini, DC la Hire, and others,... | |
 | John Pinkerton - Africa - 1804 - 694 pages
...of burning charcoal covered by a thin coat of white ashes ; it had a degree of brightness about it, as strong as that with which such a coal would be seen to glow in faint day light. The adjacent parts of the volcanic mountain seemed faintly illuminated by the eruption.... | |
 | William Nicholson - Natural history - 1809 - 700 pages
...of burning charcoal covered by a thin coat of white ashes ; it had a degree of brightness about it, as strong as that with which such a coal would be...eruption. A similar eruption appeared on May 4, 1783. On March 7, 1794, a few minutes before eight o'clock in the evening, Mr. Wilkins, of Norwich, an eminent... | |
 | William Nicholson - 1809 - 734 pages
...of burning charcoal covered by a thin coat of white ashes ; it had a degree of brightness about it, as strong as that with which such a coal would be...eruption. A similar eruption appeared on May 4, 1783. On March 7, 1794, a few minutes before eight o'clock in the evening, Mr. Wilkins, of Norwich, an eminent... | |
 | William Nicholson - 1809 - 722 pages
...adhere to it when it has been some time ignited; and it has a degree of brightness about as strong a? that with which such a coal would be seen to glow in faint daylight. All the adjacent parts of the volcanic mountain seemed to be faintly illuminated by the eruption, and... | |
 | John Dougall - 1810 - 660 pages
...very thin coat of white ashes, as frequently happens when it has been some time burning : This fire had a degree of brightness about as strong as that with which such a piece of coal would beseerr to glow in faint day-light ; all the adjacent parts of the volcanic mountain... | |
 | William Enfield - Astronomy - 1811 - 476 pages
...a thin coat of white ashes, which frequently adhere to it, when it has been some time ignited, and it had a degree of brightness about as strong as that...with which such a coal would be seen to glow in faint day light. It is not yet determined whether there is an atmosphere belonging to the moon. The question... | |
 | Samuel Vince - Astronomia - 1814 - 602 pages
...resembling a small piece of burning charcoal covered by a very thin coat of white ashes ; it had a degree ot brightness about as strong as that with which such...volcanic mountain seemed faintly illuminated by the irruption. A similar irruption appeared on May 4, 1783. Phil. Trans. 1787. On March 7, 1794, a few... | |
 | Edward Polehampton - 1815 - 592 pages
...Very thin coat of white ashes, which frequently adhere to it when it has been some time ignited ; and it had a degree of brightness, about as strong as...such a coal would be seen to glow in faint day-light. All the adjacent parts of the volcanic mountain seemed to be faintly illuminated by the eruption, and... | |
 | Charles Hutton - Astronomy - 1815 - 686 pages
...very thin coat of white ashes, which frequently adhere to it when it has been some time ignited ; and it had a degree of brightness about as strong as that with which a coal would be seen to glow in faint day-light. In a letter by M. Lalande, it is said that, the 13th... | |
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... it had a degree of brightness about as strong as that with which such a coal would be seen to glow in faint daylight. 
