 | 1825 - 452 pagina’s
...every where around. The beauty and novelty of such a scene in the animal kingdom, long arrested ray attention, but, after twenty-five minutes of constant...equal velocity. About the end of this time, however, I observed the current become perceptibly languid, the opaque flocculi of feculent matter, which were... | |
 | 1825 - 448 pagina’s
...liquid matter, and hurling along, in rapid succession, opaque masses, which it strewed every where around. The beauty and novelty of such a scene in...equal velocity. About the end of this time, however, I observed the current become perceptibly languid, the opaque flocculi of feculent matter, which were... | |
 | 1825 - 440 pagina’s
...five hours, sometimes observing it for a quarter of an hour at a time, but still the stream relledj on with a constant and equal velocity. About the end of this time, however, I observed the current become perceptibly languid, the opaque flocculi of feculent matter, which were... | |
 | 1826 - 628 pagina’s
...hurling along, in rapid succession, opaque masses, which it strewed every where around. The btauty and novelty of such a scene in the animal kingdom,...equal velocity. About the end of this time, however, 1 observed the current become perceptibly languid, the opaque flocculi of feculent matter, which were... | |
 | Robert Bentley Todd - 1849 - 924 pagina’s
...short intervals, for five hours, sometimes observing it for a quarter of an hour at n time, but stiil the stream rolled on with a constant and equal velocity. About the end of this time, however, I observed the current become perceptibly languid ; the op.ique Hocculi of feculent matter, which were... | |
 | Peter Mark Roget - 1836 - 442 pagina’s
...liquid matter, and hurling along, in rapid succession, opaque masses, which it strewed every where around. The beauty and novelty of such* a scene in...observed by Dr. Grant in a great variety of species. They lake place only from those parts that are under water, and • See his papers on this subject in the... | |
 | 1836 - 436 pagina’s
...course. I continued to watch the same irifice, at short intervals, for five hours, sometimes ibserving it for a quarter of an hour at a time, but still the...current became languid, and, in the course of another lour, it ceased entirely. Similar currents were afterwards observed by Dr Grant in a great variety... | |
 | 1842 - 1008 pagina’s
...and hurling along, in rapid succession, opaque masses, •which it strewed everywhere around. T^ia beauty and novelty of such a scene in the animal kingdom...stream rolled on with a constant and equal velocity. After this the current gradually declined in rapidity, and in the course of another hour ceased entirely.... | |
 | 1873 - 744 pagina’s
...diminish in the slightest degree the rapidity of its course. I continued to watch the same opening at short intervals for five hours, sometimes observing...stream rolled on with a constant and equal velocity." In his book called " The Sea, and its living Wonders," Dr. Hartwig tells us, " Subsequent observations... | |
 | 1847 - 282 pagina’s
...of liquid matter, and hurling along in rapid succession opaque masses, which it strewed every where around. The beauty and novelty of such a scene in...equal velocity. About the end of this time, however, I observed the current become perceptibly languid ; the small opaque flakes which had been thrown out... | |
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... around. The beauty and novelty of such a scene in the animal kingdom, long arrested my attention, but, after twenty-five minutes of constant observation^ I was obliged to withdraw my eye from fatigue, without having seen the torrent for one instant... 
