 Tisible ; but the light which falls on the sea is in a great measure absorbed, and the superincumbent air retains its native ethereal hue. Hence, when the ice-blink occurs under the. most favourable circumstances, it affords to the eye a beautiful and...  The English reading book, in prose - Page 210by William Jillard Hort - 1822 - 249 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Edmund Burke - History - 1819 - 822 pages
...retains its native ethereal hue. Hence, when the ice-blink occurs under the most favourablecircumstances, it affords to the eye a beautiful and perfect map of the ice, 20 or 30 miles beyond the limit of direct vision, but less distinct in proportion as the air is hazy.... | |
 | English literature - 1817 - 526 pages
...superincumbent atmosphere. " Hence," says Captain Scoresby, " when the ice-blink occurs under the most favourable circumstances, it affords to the eye a...thirty miles beyond the limit of direct vision, but lees distinct in proportion as the air is hazy. The ice-blink not only shews the figure of the ice,... | |
 | English literature - 1817 - 592 pages
...Mr. Scoresby, an intelligent and experienced navigator in those seas, tells us that ' the ice-blink affords to the eye a beautiful and perfect map of...or thirty miles beyond the limit of direct vision;' and he adds, that ' the land, on account of its snowy covering, occasions a similar kind of blink.'*... | |
 | English literature - 1817 - 526 pages
...superincumbent atmosphere. " Hence," says Captain Scoresby, " when the ice-blink occurs under the most favourable circumstances, it affords to the eye a...perfect map of the ice twenty or thirty miles beyond the lirait of direct vision, but less distinct in proportion as the air is hazy. The ice-blink not only... | |
 | English literature - 1817 - 610 pages
...Mr. Scoresby, an intelligent and experienced navigator m those seas,' tells us that ' the ice-blink affords to the eye a beautiful and perfect map of the ice, twenty or thirty miles beyond the linnt of direct vision ;' and he adds, that ' the land, on account of its snowy covering, occasions... | |
 | Science - 1818 - 514 pages
...superincumbent air retains its native ethereal hue. Hence, when the ice-blink occurs under the. most favourable circumstances, it affords to the eye a...miles beyond the limit of direct vision, but less distinct in proportion as the air is hazy. The ice-blink not only shows the figure of the ice, but... | |
 | Science - 1818 - 476 pages
...superincumbent air retains its native ethereal hue. Hence, when the ice-blink occurs under the most favourable circumstances, it affords to the eye a...miles beyond the limit of direct vision, but less distinct in proportion as the air is hazy. The ice-blink not only shews the figure of the ice, but... | |
 | English poetry - 1818 - 780 pages
...the ice-blink occurs under the most favourable circumstances, it affords to the eye a beautiful arid perfect map of the ice, twenty or thirty miles beyond the limit of direct vision, but less distinct in proportion as the air" is hazy. The ice-blink not only shews the figure of the ice, but... | |
 | Edmund Burke - History - 1818 - 1274 pages
...superincumbent air retains its native ethereal hue. Hence, when the ice-blink occurs under the most favourable circumstances, it affords to the eye a beautiful and perfect map of the ice, 20 or 30 miles beyond the limit of direct vision, but less distinct in proportion as the air is hazy.... | |
 | History - 1818 - 798 pages
...superincumbent air retains its native ethereal hue. Hence, when the ice-blink occurs under the most favourable circumstances, it affords to the eye a beautiful and perfect map of the ice, 20 or 30 miles beyond the limit of direct vision, but less distinct in proportion as the air is hazy.... | |
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