 On a second night we witnessed a splendid scene of natural fireworks; the mast-head and yard-arm-ends shone with St. Elmo's light ; and the form of the vane could almost be traced, as if it had been rubbed with phosphorus. The sea was so highly luminous,...  De Natura Deorum Libri Tres - Page 82by Marcus Tullius Cicero - 1883Full view - About this book
 | Charles Darwin - Beagle Expedition - 1846 - 396 pages
...the cattle bellowing on shore. On a second night we witnessed a splendid scene of natural fireworks; the mast-head and yard-arm-ends shone with St. Elmo's...phosphorus. The sea was so highly luminous, that the track^ of the penguins were marked by a fiery wake, and the darkness of the sky was momentarily illuminated... | |
 | Charles Darwin - Beagle Expedition - 1871 - 546 pages
...the cattle bellowing on shore. On a second night we witnessed a splendid scene of natural fireworks ; the mast-head and yard-arm-ends shone with St. Elmo's...momentarily illuminated by the most vivid lightning. When within the mouth of the river, I was interested by observing how slowly the waters of the sea... | |
 | Charles Darwin - Beagle Expedition - 1879 - 254 pages
...phosphorus. The sea was so highly luminous that the tracks of the penguins were markPACIFIC OCEAN. ed by a fiery wake, and the darkness of the sky was momentarily illuminated by the most vivid lightning. THE LIZARD. THK Amllyrhynciis, a remarkable kind of lizard, is confined to the Galapagos (or Turtle)... | |
 | Charles Darwin - Beagle Expedition - 1879 - 452 pages
...a second night we witnessed a splendid scene of natural fireworks ; the mast-head and yard-arm ends shone with St. Elmo's light, and the form of the vane...highly luminous that the tracks of the penguins were markPACIFIC OCEAN. ed by a fiery wake, and the darkness of the sky was momentarily illuminated by the... | |
 | Charles Darwin - Beagle Expedition - 1884 - 574 pages
...second night we witnessed a splendid scene of natural fireworks ; the mast-head and yard-arm -ends shone with St. Elmo's light ; and the form of the...momentarily illuminated by the most vivid lightning. When within the mouth of the river, I was interested by observing how slowly the waters of the sea... | |
 | Charles Darwin - Beagle Expedition - 1889 - 628 pages
...the cattle bellowing on shore. On a second night we witnessed a splendid scene of natural fireworks ; the mast-head and yard-arm-ends shone with St. Elmo's...the" tracks of the penguins were marked by a fiery A FORLORX TOWN. 57 wake ; and the darkness of the sky was momentarily illuminated by the most vivid... | |
 | Charles Darwin - Science - 1896 - 542 pages
...the cattle bellowing on shore. On a second night we witnessed a splendid scene of natural fireworks; the mast-head and yard-arm-ends shone with St. Elmo's...momentarily illuminated by the most vivid lightning. When within the mouth of the river, I was interested by observing how slowly the waters of the sea... | |
 | Charles Darwin - Beagle Expedition - 1908 - 542 pages
...the cattle bellowing on shore. On a second night we witnessed a splendid scene of natural fireworks; the masthead and yard-arm-ends shone with St. Elmo's...it had: been rubbed with phosphorus. The sea was so highlyluminous, that the tracks of the penguins were markedi by a fiery wake, and the darkness of the... | |
 | Charles Darwin - Beagle Expedition - 1909 - 564 pages
...the cattle bellowing on shore. On a second night we witnessed a splendid scene of natural fireworks; the mast-head and yard-arm-ends shone with St. Elmo's...momentarily illuminated by the most vivid lightning. When within the mouth of the river, I was interested by observing how slowly the waters of the sea... | |
 | Literature - 1909 - 574 pages
...the cattle bellowing on shore. On a second night we witnessed a splendid scene of natural fireworks; the mast-head and yard-arm-ends shone with St. Elmo's...momentarily illuminated by the most vivid lightning. When within the mouth of the river, I was interested by observing how slowly the waters of the sea... | |
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