... beams projecting from it which deserved notice as much more conspicuous than the others ; but the whole was beamy, radiated in structure, and terminated (though very indefinitely) in a way which reminded me of the ornament frequently placed round... A Handbook of Descriptive Astronomy - Page 190by George Frederick Chambers - 1877 - 928 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1870 - 846 pages
...which reminded me of the ornament frequently placed round a mariner's compass. Ita jolonr was white, or resembling that of Venus. I saw no flickering or unsteadiness...nor had it any annular structure. It looked like a radiated luminous cloud behind the moon.11 In 1860 tin? Astronomer Hoyal again witnessed the phenomena... | |
| Dionysius Lardner - Astronomy - 1854 - 870 pages
...which reminded me of the ornament frequently placed round a mariner's compass. Its colour was white, or resembling that of Venus. I saw no flickering or unsteadiness..."The form of the prominences was most remarkable. That which I have marked (a) reminded me of a bomerang. Its colour for at least twothirds of its breadth,... | |
| Dionysius Lardner - Astronomy - 1853 - 960 pages
...which reminded me of the ornament frequently placed round a mariner's compass. Its colour was white, or resembling that of Venus. I saw no flickering or unsteadiness..." The form of the prominences was most remarkable. That which I have marked (a) reminded me of a bomerang. Its colour for at least two-thirds of its breadth,... | |
| Dionysius Lardner - Arts - 1856 - 466 pages
...which reminded me of the ornament frequently placed round a mariner's compass. Its colour was white, or resembling that of Venus. I saw no flickering or unsteadiness..."The form of the prominences was most remarkable. That which I have marked a reminded me of a bomerang. Its colour for at least two-thirds of its breadth,... | |
| Dionysius Lardner - Arts - 1856 - 452 pages
...placed round a mariner's compass. Its colour was white, or resembling that of Venus. I saw no nickering or unsteadiness of light. It was not separated from..."The form of the prominences was most remarkable. That which I have marked a reminded me of a bomerang. Its colour for at least two-thirds of its breadth,... | |
| Dionysius Lardner - 1857 - 194 pages
...which reminded me of the ornament frequently placed round a mariner's compass. Its colour was white, or resembling that of Venus. I saw no flickering or unsteadiness..." The form of the prominences was most remarkable. That which I have marked a reminded me of a bomerang. Its colour for at least two-thirds of its breadth,... | |
| Dionysius Lardner - Astronomy - 1858 - 912 pages
...which reminded me of the ornament frequently pltwd round a mariner's compass. Its colour was white, or resembling that of Venus. I saw no flickering or unsteadiness of light. It was nut separated from the moon by any dark ring, nor had it any annular structure ; it looked like a radiating... | |
| Dionysius Lardner - Astronomy - 1860 - 614 pages
...placed round a mariner's compass. Its colour was white, or resembling that of Venus. I saw no nickering or unsteadiness of light. It was not separated from..." The form of the prominences was most remarkable. That which I have marked (a) reminded me of a bomerang. Its colour for at least two-thirds of its breadth,... | |
| William Makepeace Thackeray - Electronic journals - 1870 - 802 pages
...which reminded me of the ornament frequently placed round a mariner's compass. Its colour was white, or resembling that of Venus. I saw no flickering or unsteadiness...nor had it any annular structure. It looked like a radiated luminous cloud behind the moon." In 1860 the Astronomer Royal again witnessed the phenomena... | |
| William Makepeace Thackeray - Electronic journals - 1870 - 834 pages
...ornament frequently placed round a mariner's compass. Its colour was white, or resembling that of Yenus. I saw no flickering or unsteadiness of light. It was...nor had it any annular structure. It looked like a radiated luminous cloud behind the moon." In 1860 the Astronomer Royal again witnessed the phenomena... | |
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