 | American Philosophical Society - Electronic journals - 1809 - 534 pages
...as if illuminated with sky-rockets, which disappeared only by the light of the sun after day break. The meteors, which at any one instant of time appeared...in all possible directions, except from the earth, toward which they all inclined more or less; and some of them descended perpendicularly over the vessel... | |
 | Science - 1864 - 480 pages
...whole heaven appeared as if illuminated with sky-rockets, which disappeared only by the light of the sun after daybreak. The meteors, which at any one...In all possible directions, except from the earth, toward which they all Inclined more or less. . . ." 1 Pcrtonal Narrative of Travel* to tlif Equinoctial... | |
 | Jacob Green - Constellations - 1871 - 240 pages
...whole heavens appeared as if illuminated with sky rockets, which disappeared only by the light of the sun after daybreak. The meteors, which at any one...in all possible directions except from the earth, toward which they all inclined more or less, and some of them descended perpendicularly over the vessel... | |
 | John Dalton - Auroras - 1834 - 392 pages
...whole heavens appeared as if illuminated with sky-rockets, which disappeared only by the light of the sun after day-break. The meteors, which at any one...that I was in constant expectation of their falling among us." — He adds, " I have since been informed that the above phenomenon extended over a large... | |
 | John Vose - Astronomy - 1834 - 230 pages
...whole heavens appeared as if illuminated with sky-rockets, which disappeared only by the light of the Sun after daybreak. The meteors, which, at any one...in all possible directions, except from the Earth." Captain Hammond, and his crew, when at Mocha in Arabia, on the 12th of November, 1832, witnessed a... | |
 | Child rearing - 1840 - 460 pages
...sky-rockets, which disappeared only with the light of the sun after daybreak. The meteors, which at ajiy one instant of time appeared as numerous as the stars,...Descended perpendicularly over the vessel we were in, se> that we were in constant dread of their falling on us." The same appearances were observed on the... | |
 | American literature - 1857 - 602 pages
...appeared as if illumiuated with sky-rockets, which disappeared only by the light of the sun toward daybreak. The meteors, which at any one instant of...in all possible directions, except from the earth, toward which they all inclined, more or less ; and some of them descended perpendicularly over the... | |
 | Thomas Dick - Educational sociology - 1850 - 586 pages
...whole heavens appeared as if illuminated with sky-rockets, which disappeared only with the light of the sun after daybreak. The meteors, which at any one instant of time appeared as numerous is the stars, flew in all possible directions, except from the earth, towards which they all inclined... | |
 | American literature - 1850 - 896 pages
...asked them lions, except from the earth, toward which they if ever the like had appeared before ? The all inclined more or less ; and some of them descended perpendicularly over the vessel wo were in, so that I was in constant expectation of their falling on us." The same individual states... | |
 | Elijah Hinsdale Burritt - Astronomy - 1850 - 344 pages
...heavens appeared as if illnminated with skyrockets, which disappeared only by the light of the snn, after daybreak. The meteors, which at any one instant of time, appeared as nomeroos as the stars, flew in all possible directions except from the earth, towards which they all... | |
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I was called up to see the shooting of the stars, as it is commonly called. The phenomenon was grand and awful ; the whole heavens appeared as if illuminated with sky-rockets, which disappeared only by the light of the sun after day-break. The meteors,... 
