 Months afterwards it was ascertained, that at the time of observation the bells of the city of St. Salvador, on the Brazilian coast, had been ringing on the occasion of a festival: their sound, therefore, favoured by a gentle wind, had travelled over...  Elements of physiology - Page 358by Thomas Johnstone Aitkin - 1838 - 514 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Henry Thomas Ellacombe - Bells - 1875 - 198 pages
...but to account for it was impossible. Months afterwards it was ascertained, that at the time of the observation, the bells of the city of St. Salvador,...therefore, favoured by a gentle wind, had travelled over perhaps a hundred miles of smooth water, and had been brought to a focus by the concave sail in the... | |
 | Henry Thomas Ellacombe - 1875 - 196 pages
...was impossible. Months afterwards it was ascertained, that at the time of the observation, the tells of the city of St. Salvador, on the Brazilian coast,...therefore, favoured by a gentle wind, had travelled over perhaps a hundred miles of smooth water, and had been brought to a focus by the concave sail in the... | |
 | Neil Arnott - 1877 - 916 pages
...distinctly the sound of bells. All were attracted to listen, and the phenomenon was mysterious. Weeks afterwards it was ascertained that, at the time of...of a festival ; their sound, therefore, favoured by the wind at the time, had travelled over at least 10o miles of smooth water, and had been condensed... | |
 | Titbits - 1884 - 376 pages
...distinctly the sound of bells ringing as in human rejoicings. All on board listened and were convinced. Some months afterwards it was ascertained that at the time of observation the bells of San Salvador, on the Brazilian coast, had been ringing on the occasion of a festival. The sound, therefore,... | |
 | Joseph Battell - Sound - 1909 - 352 pages
...rejoicings. All on board came to listen and were convinced ; but the phenomenon was most mysterious. Months afterwards it was ascertained, that, at the time of observation, the bells of the city of Salvador, on the Brazilian coast, had been ringing on the occasion of a festival ; their sound, therefore,... | |
 | 1830 - 908 pages
...board came to listen, and were convinced ; but the phenomenon was most mysterious. Months afterwards h was ascertained, that, at the time of observation,...the occasion of a festival ; their sound therefore favored by a gentle wind, had travelled perhaps one hundred miles by smooth water, and had been brought... | |
 | Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1830 - 560 pages
...rejoicings. All on board came to listen, and were convinced ; but the phenomenon was most mysterious. Months afterwards, it was ascertained that, at the...the city of St. Salvador, on the Brazilian coast, bad been ringing on the occasion of a (••:tival ¡ their sound, therefore, favoured by a gentle... | |
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