 | 1872 - 1200 pages
...in height ; then its summit was drawn out into long filaments and threads, which were most curiously rolled backwards and downwards like the volutes of...Ionic capital ; and, finally, it faded away ; and by half-past two had vanished like the other. " ' The whole phenomenon,' he adds, 'suggested most forcibly... | |
 | 1871 - 1024 pages
...backward and downward, like the volutes of an Ionic capital ; and finally it faded away, and by 2h 30m had vanished like the other. Figures 3 and 4 show it in its full development ; the former havbeen sketched at lh 40m, and the latter at I1' 55™. The whole phenomenon suggested most forcibly... | |
 | Richard Anthony Proctor - 1872 - 576 pages
...in height ; then its summit was drawn out into long filaments and threads which were most curiously rolled backwards and downwards, like the volutes of...finally it faded away, and by 2.30 had vanished like the oilier. Figs. 82 [.nd 83 show it in its full development ; the former having been sketched at 1.40,... | |
 | James Samuelson, Henry Lawson, William Sweetland Dallas - 1872 - 486 pages
...in height ; then its summit was drawn out into long filaments and threads, which were most curiously rolled backwards and downwards like the volutes of...Ionic capital ; and finally it faded away, and by 2 h. 30 m. had vanished like the other. Figs. 3 and 4 show it in its full Fio. 3. development ; the... | |
 | 1872 - 830 pages
...in height ; then its summit was drawn out into long filaments and threads, which were most curiously rolled backwards and downwards like the volutes of...Ionic capital ; and finally it faded away, and by 2 h. 30 m. had vanished like the other." " The whole phenomenon," he adds, " suggested most forcibly... | |
 | Richard Anthony Proctor - 1872 - 396 pages
...drawn down into long filaments and threads, which were most curiously rolled backwards and forwards like the volutes of an Ionic capital ; and finally it faded away, and by half-past two, had vanished like the other. The whole phenomenon,' adds Professor Young, ' suggested... | |
 | Richard Anthony Proctor - 1872 - 406 pages
...drawn down into long filaments and threads, which were most curiously rolled backwards and forwards like the volutes of an Ionic capital ; and finally it faded away, and by half-past two, had vanished like the other. The whole phenomenon,' adds Professor Young, ' suggested... | |
 | Eneas Sweetland Dallas - 1872 - 608 pages
...drawn out into long filaments and threads, which were most curious, rolled backwards and downward, like the volutes of an Ionic capital; and finally it faded away, and by half-past two had vanished like the other." APROPOS OF OUR RECENT critique on the "Bells," at the Lyceum... | |
 | Sir Norman Lockyer - 1874 - 718 pages
...in height ; then its summit was drawn out into long filaments and threads which were most curiously rolled backwards and downwards, like the volutes of...faded away, and by 2.30 had vanished like the other. Figs. 137 and 138 show it in its full development ; the former having been sketched at 1.40, and the... | |
 | Owens College - 1874 - 866 pages
...in height ; then its summit was drawn out into long filaments and threads, which were most curiously rolled backwards and downwards like the volutes of...faded away, and by 2.30 had vanished like the other." — (Nature, 1871.) 10. The following solar elements have been determined : — Sodium. Zinc. Titanium.... | |
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... ever-changing flame, to speak according to appearances. First it was crowded down, as it were, along the solar surface ; later it rose almost pyramidally 50,000 miles in height ; then its summit was drawn out into long filaments and threads which... 
