 | Robert Kemp Philp - 1855 - 936 Seiten
...city, that even iu its dust is redolent of the grandeur of the Caesars. WONDERS OF THE ATMOSPHERE. THE atmosphere forms a spherical shell surrounding...bodies, or from seventy to one hundred tons on us all, yet we do not so much as feel its weight. Softer than the finest down — more impalpable than... | |
 | 1854 - 410 Seiten
...other the means by which it is moved along, — as themselves the great vehicles of moisture, heat, and cold; throughout the regions of the world —...bodies, or from seventy to one hundred tons on us all, yet we do not so much as feel its weight. Softer than the finest down — more impalpable than... | |
 | 1854 - 530 Seiten
...reason of its growing tenuity, as it is released from the pressure of its own superincumbent moss. Its upper surface cannot be nearer to us than fifty,...bodies, or from seventy to one hundred tons on us all, yet we do not so much as feel its weight. Softer than the finest down — more impalpable than... | |
 | Matthew Fontaine Maury - 1855 - 304 Seiten
...tenuity, as it is released from the pressure of its own superincumbent mass. Its upper surface can not be nearer to us than fifty, and can scarcely be more...do not so much as feel its weight. Softer than the softest down — more impalpable than the finest gossamer — it leaves the cobweb undisturbed, and... | |
 | University magazine - 1855 - 784 Seiten
...remote than five hundred miles. It surrounds us on all side«, yet we see it not ; it presses on п.ч with a load of fifteen pounds on every square inch...hundred tons on us in all, yet we do not so much as feel ¡ta weight. Softer than the softest down — more impalpable than the finest gossamer — it leave»... | |
 | 1855 - 804 Seiten
...miles. It surrounds us on all sides, yet we see it not ; it presses on us with a load of fifteen pound« on every square inch of surface of our bodies, or...do not so much as feel its weight. Softer than the softest down — more impalpable than the finest gossamer — it leaves the cobweb undisturbed, and... | |
 | Cornelius S. Cartee - 1855 - 348 Seiten
...us with a load of nearly 15 pounds on every square inch of surface of our bodies, or from 70 to 100 tons on us in all, yet we do not so much as feel its weight. When in motion its force is sufficient to level the most stately forests and stable buildings with... | |
 | Matthew Fontaine Maury - 1859 - 428 Seiten
...presses on us with a load of fifteen pounds on every square inch of surface * Dr. Buist, of Bombay. of our bodies, or from seventy to one hundred tons...do not so much as feel its weight. Softer than the softest down — more impalpable than the finest gossamer — it leaves the cobweb undisturbed, and... | |
 | Louis Gaussen - 1860 - 324 Seiten
...earth to a depth unknown to us." " Its upper surface cannot be nearer to us than fifty, or further off than five hundred miles. It surrounds us on all sides,...do not so much as feel its weight. Softer than the softest down,—more impalpable than the finest gossamer, it leaves the cobweb undisturbed, and scarcely... | |
 | Cornelius Sowle Cartée - 1861 - 356 Seiten
...us with a load of nearly 15 pounds on every square inch of surface of our bodies, or from 70 to 100 tons on us in all, yet we do not so much as feel its weight. When in motion its force is sufficient to level the most stately forests and stable buildings with... | |
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It surrounds us on all sides, yet we see it not ; it presses on us with a load of fifteen pounds on every square inch of surface of our bodies, or from seventy to one hundred tons on us in all, yet we do not so much as feel its weight. Softer than the... 
