 Bucca, and was supposed to foretell a shipwreck : the philosopher knows that sound travels much faster than currents in the air, and the sound always foretold the approach of a very heavy storm, which seldom takes place on that wild and rocky coast, without...  Sound and Its Phenomena - Page 232by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer - 1854 - 436 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1828 - 746 pages
...travels much fhster than currents in the air—and the sound always foretold the approach of'a very heavy storm, which seldom takes place on that wild...without a shipwreck on some part of its extensive shores, surrounded by the Atlantic. “Pnvs.—All the instances of omens you have mentioned are founded... | |
 | Sir Humphry Davy - Fishing - 1828 - 326 pages
...travels much faster than currents in the air — and the sound always foretold the approach of a very heavy storm, which seldom takes place on that wild...without a shipwreck on some part of its extensive shores, surrounded by the Atlantic. PHYS. — All the instances of omens you have mentioned are founded... | |
 | John Ayrton Paris - 1831 - 598 pages
...travels much faster than currents in the air — and the sound always foretold the approach of a very heavy storm, which seldom takes place on that wild and rocky coast, surrounded as it is by the Atlantic, without a shipwreck on some part of its extensive shores.* " Physicus.... | |
 | John Ayrton Paris - Chemistry - 1831 - 582 pages
...travels much faster than currents in the air — and the sound always foretold the approach of a very heavy storm, which seldom takes place on that wild and rocky coast, surrounded as it is by the Atlantic, without a shipwreck on some part of its extensive shores.* " Physicus.... | |
 | Sir Humphry Davy - Fishes - 1832 - 330 pages
...travels much faster than currents in the air — and the sound always foretold the approach of a very heavy storm, which seldom takes place on that wild and rocky coast, surrounded as it is by the Atlantic, without a shipwreck on some part of its extensive shores. PHYs.... | |
 | Charles Bucke - 1837 - 488 pages
...travels much faster than currents in the air — and the sound always foretold the approach of a very heavy storm, which seldom takes place on that wild...without a shipwreck on some part of its extensive shores, surrounded by the Atlantic." — Davy. * Odyss. v. 30. Bryant esteems them Cnthite priestesses,... | |
 | Louisa Caroline Tuthill - English language - 1839 - 482 pages
...travels much faster than currents in the air — and the sound always foretold the approach of a very heavy storm, which seldom takes place on that wild and rocky coast, surrounded as it is by the Atlantic, without a shipwreck on some part of its extensive shores. FRIENDSHIP.—... | |
 | Charles Bucke - Nature - 1841 - 344 pages
...travels much faster than currents in the air— and the sound always foretold the approach of a very heavy storm, which seldom takes place on that wild...without a shipwreck on some part of its extensive shores, surrounded by the Atlantic."— Davy. one of them as singing, the second playing on the flute,... | |
 | Charles Tomlinson - Clouds - 1846 - 226 pages
...travels much faster than currents in the air; and the sound always foretold the approach of a very heavy storm, which seldom takes place on that wild...without a shipwreck on some part of its extensive shores, surrounded by the Atlantic." Dr. Jenner has collected in the following amusing lines a large... | |
 | Half hours - 1847 - 614 pages
...travels much faster than currents in the air, and the sound always foretold the approach of a very heavy storm, which seldom takes place on that wild...without a shipwreck on some part of its extensive shores, surrounded by the Atlantic. Phys. All the instances of omens you have mentioned are founded... | |
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