 | Edmund Burke - History - 1785 - 652 pages
...appear near our earth. Two bright balls parallel to each other, led the way, the apparent «Jiameter of which appeared to be about two feet, and were followed by an e.\puliion of eight others, pot elliptical, feeming gradually т mutate, for the bit ivas ¡ща!!.... | |
 | 1796 - 784 pages
...nrade it appear near our earth. Two bright balls parallel to each other, led the way, (he apparent diameter of which appeared to be about two feet, and were followed by an expulfion of eight others, not elliptical, feeming gradually to mutilate, for the lait was Imail. Between... | |
 | Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1797 - 446 pages
...account of the vaft fpace it travelled over in a fhort time. In other places its appearance was veiy different. At Greenwich we are told, that " two bright...appeared to be about two feet ; and were followed by an expulfion of eight others, not tlliplical, fceroing gradually to mutilate, for the laft was fmall.... | |
 | William Nicholson - 1809 - 752 pages
...with great rapidity, on account of the vast space it travelled over iu a short time. In other places its appearance was very different. At Greenwich we...appeared to be about two feet ; and were followed by an expulsion of eight others, not elliptical, seeming gradually to mutilate, for the last was small. Between... | |
 | William Nicholson - Natural history - 1809 - 700 pages
...with great rapidity, on account of the vast space it travelled over in a short time. In other places its appearance was very different. At Greenwich we...appeared to be about two feet ; and were followed by an expulsion of eight others, not elliptical, seeming gradually to mutilate, for the last was small. Between... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1816 - 740 pages
...with great rapidity, on account of the vaft fpace it travelled over in a fhort time. In other places, its appearance was very different. At Greenwich, we...gradually to mutilate, fur the .laft was fmall. Between each two balls a luminous fcrrated body extended, and at the laft a blaze iffued which terminated in... | |
 | James Mitchell - Mathematics - 1823 - 666 pages
...willi great rapidity, on account of the vast space it travelled over in a short time. In other places its appearance was very different- At Greenwich we...appeared to be about two feet ; and were followed by an expulsion of eight others, not elliptical ; seeming gradually to mutilate, for the last was small.... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - Aeronautics - 1829 - 852 pages
...with great rapidity, on account of the vast space it travelled over in a short time. In other places its appearance was very different. At Greenwich, we...appeared to be about two feet ; and were followed by an expulsion of eight others, not elliptical, seeming gradually to mutilate, for the last was small. Between... | |
 | John Lauris Blake - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1834 - 1028 pages
...with great rapidity, on account of the vast space it travelled over in a short time. In other places its appearance was very different At Greenwich, we are told, that two bright halls parallel to each other led the way, the diameter of which appeared to be about two feet ; and... | |
 | Thomas Dick - Philosophy and religion - 1869 - 664 pages
...must have moved with great swiftness, on account of the vast space it travelled over in a short time. At Greenwich, we are told, that "two bright balls,...appeared to be about two feet, and were followed by an expulsion of eight others. Between each two balls a luminous serreted body extended, and at the last... | |
| |
Greenwich we are told, that two bright balls parallel to each other led the way, the diameter of which appeared to be about two... 