 As he was sitting with a friend in the open air, an hour after sun-set, they saw a falling, or as it is sometimes called, a shooting star, directing its course towards them, growing apparently larger and larger, till it disappeared not far from them,...  Of optics, magnetism, electricity, & galvanism - Page 287by Jeremiah Joyce - 1815Full view - About this book
 | Levi Washburn Leonard - New Hampshire - 1827 - 398 pages
...with which it may meet. One of the most striking of this kind is recorded by Beccaria, an Italian. — As he was sitting with a friend in the open air, an...sun-set, they saw a falling, or as it is sometimes NORTHERN LIGHTS. 155 called, a shooting star, directing its course towards them, growing apparently... | |
 | Levi Washburn Leonard - New Hampshire - 1828 - 368 pages
...with which it may meet. One of the most striking of this kind is recorded by Beccaria, an Italian. — As he was sitting with a friend in the open air, an...and lambent light, attended with no noise at all. He concluded this to be the effect of electricity, because he had previously raised his kite, and found... | |
 | Jeremiah Joyce - Astronomy - 1828 - 264 pages
...may meet with. One of the most striking phenomena of this kind is recorded by Signior Beccaria.—As he was sitting with a friend in the open air, an hour...they saw a falling, or, as it is sometimes called, a shootingstar, directing its course towards them, growing, apparently, larger and larger, till it disappeared... | |
 | Levi Washburn Leonard - New Hampshire - 1828 - 362 pages
...with which it may meet. One of the most striking of this kind is recorded by Beccaria, an Itaan. — As he was sitting with a friend in the open air, an )ur after sun-set, they saw a falling, or as it is sometimes NORTHERN LIGHTS. 155 called, a shooting... | |
 | Levi Washburn Leonard - Science - 1830 - 350 pages
...with which it may meet. One of the most striking of this kind is recorded by Beccaria, an Italian. — As he was sitting with a friend in the open air, an...sun-set, they saw a falling, or as it is sometimes NORTHERN LIGHTS. 155 called, a shooting star, directing its course towards them, growing apparently... | |
 | Levi Washburn Leonard - Civilization - 1833 - 370 pages
...with which it may meet. One of the most striking of this kind is recorded by Beccaria, an Italian. — As he was sitting with a friend in the open air, an...apparently larger and larger, till it disappeared not for from them, and, disappearing, it left their faces, hands, and clothes, with the earth, and neighbouring... | |
 | 1834 - 446 pages
...stiking of this kind is recorded by Beccaria, an Italian. As he was sitting with a friend in the O open air, an hour after sunset, they saw a falling,...their faces, hands, and clothes, with the earth and neighboring objects, suddenly illuminated with a diffused and lambent light, attended with no noise... | |
 | Jeremiah Joyce - Physical sciences - 1838 - 398 pages
...conducting suhstances it may meet with. One of the most striking phenomena of this kind is recorded hy Signior Beccaria : — As he was sitting with a friend...their faces, hands, and clothes, with the earth and neighhouring ohjects, suddenly illuminated with a diffused, and lamhent light, attended with no noise... | |
 | Jeremiah Joyce - Science - 1841 - 578 pages
...most striking phenomena of this kind is recorded by Signior Beccaria : — As he was sitting witli a friend in the open air, an hour after sun-set, they...and lambent light, attended with no noise at all. C. But how did he know that this was only the effect of electricity 1 T. Because he had previously... | |
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