 | Joel Munsell - Chronology - 1858 - 542 pages
...country. 1833. Remarkable meteoric phenomenon, which extended over a large portion of North America. The first appearance was that of fireworks of the...covering the entire vault of heaven with myriads of fire balls resembling sky rockets, and showers of fiery snow driven with inconceivable velocity to... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1858 - 924 pages
...North- American lakes to the southern side of the island of Jamaica. Every where within these limits the first appearance was that of fireworks of the...covering the entire vault of heaven with myriads of tire-balls, resembling sky-rockets The meteors all seemed to emanate from one and the same point, (in... | |
 | Ira Mayhew - Education - 1860 - 488 pages
...surface. The first appearance was every * See Appendix to Dick'u Improvement of Society, p. 338. where that of fire-works of the most imposing grandeur,...with myriads of fire-balls resembling sky-rockets ; but the most brilliant sky-rockets and fire-works of art bear less relation to the splendors of this... | |
 | Science - 1864 - 552 pages
...longitude 61° to 100' west, and from the North American lakes to Jamaica. " Everywhere within these limits the first appearance was that of fireworks of the...with myriads of fire-balls resembling sky-rockets." There were, however, three varieties, the first consisting of lines of light, the second of defined... | |
 | Science - 1864 - 542 pages
...longitude Gl° to 100' west, and from the North American lakes to Jamaica. " Everywhere within these limits the first appearance was that of fireworks of the...with myriads of fire-balls resembling sky-rockets." There were, however, three varieties, the first consisting of lines of light, the second of defined... | |
 | Elijah Hinsdale Burritt - Astronomy - 1873 - 360 pages
...nor in any part of the Pacific Ocean yet heard from. Everywhere, within the limits above mentioned, the first appearance was that of fireworks of the...myriads of fire-balls, resembling sky-rockets. Their coruscations were bright, gleaming and incessant, and they fell thick as the flakes in the early snows... | |
 | Elijah Hinsdale Burritt - Constellations - 1873 - 358 pages
...covering the entire vault of heaven with myriads of fire-balls, resembling sky-rockets. Their coruscations were bright, gleaming and incessant, and they fell...thick as the flakes in the early snows of December. (See cut on the nexi page.) To the splendors of this celestial exhibition, the most brilliant sky-rot'kets... | |
 | Georg Hartwig - Aeronautics - 1875 - 610 pages
...North American lakes to the southern side of the island of Jamaica. Everywhere within these limits the first appearance was that of fireworks of the...with myriads of fire-balls resembling sky-rockets. On more attentive inspection it was seen that the meteors exhibited three distinct varieties : the... | |
 | R. M. DEVENS - 1876 - 1014 pages
...cataract ! Everywhere within the range of the exhibition, the first appearance was that of fire- works sky-rock330 GREAT AND MEMOBABLE EVENTS. ets. On more attentive inspection, it was seen that the meteors... | |
 | Richard Miller Devens - United States - 1879 - 680 pages
...in fiery torrents over the dark and roaring cataract! Everywhere within the range of the exhibition, the first appearance was that of fire-works of the...with myriads of fire-balls resembling sky-rockets. On inore attentive inspection, it was seen that the meteors exhibited three distinct varieties, as... | |
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The first appearance was that of fireworks of the most imposing grandeur, covering the entire vault of heaven with myriads of fireballs, resembling skyrockets. 
