 | English literature - 1789 - 688 pages
...July and Auguft, at funfet, and for halt' an hour, when the atmofphere was clear ; but after a rc.iny day, or when the air was loaded with vapours, nothing of it was feen. The following flowers emitted (hfhes, more or iefs vivid, in this order: The marigold, galcndula offictnnMonk's-hood, tropalum mtijui.... | |
 | Early English newspapers - 1789 - 640 pages
...was remarked in the months of July and Auguft, at fun-let, and fur half an hour, when the atntufphere was clear ; but after a rainy day, or when the air was loaded with vapours, nothing of it was feeiu The following flowers emitted flsihet, more or lefs vivid, in this order : . . i . The marigold,... | |
 | English literature - 1789 - 682 pages
...and Auguft, at funfet, and for halt' an hour, when the atmofphere was clear ; but after a rainyday, or when the air was loaded with, vapours, nothing of it was feen. The following flowers emitted flafhes, more or lels vivid, in this order : i. The marigold, galendula officina.lis. 2- Monk's-hood,... | |
 | Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1797 - 422 pages
...obferved at a confiderable diftance. This phenomenon was remarked in the months of July and Auguft at fun-fet, and for half an hour, when the atmofphere...nothing of it was feen. The following flowers emitted flaihes, more or lefs vivid, in this order: 1. The marigold, galendula rjfficinalii. 2. Mortk's-hood,... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Charles Lamb, Charles Lloyd - English poetry - 1797 - 310 pages
...was remarked in the months of July and August at sun-set, and for half an hour, when the atmosphere was clear; but after a rainy day, or when the air was loaded with vapours nothing of it was seen. The following flowers emitted flashes, more or les» vivid, in this order : 1. The marigold,... | |
 | Erasmus Darwin - Botany - 1798 - 472 pages
...This phenomenon was remarked in the months of July and Auguft, at fun-fet, and for half an hour after, when the atmofphere was clear; but after a rainy day,...nothing of it was feen. The following flowers emitted flames more or lefs vivid, in this order; 1. The Marigold, (Calendula QJficinalis). 2. Garden Nafturtion,... | |
 | William Granger - Characters and characteristics - 1805 - 648 pages
...This phenomenon was remarked in the months of July and Auguft, at fun fet, and for half an hour after, when the atmofphere was clear; but after a rainy day,...nothing of it was feen. The following flowers emitted flames, more or lefs vivid, in this order: I. The Marigold, (Calendula Officinalis.) 2... Monk's hood,... | |
 | Erasmus Darwin - Botany - 1806 - 336 pages
...This phenomenon was remarked in the months of July and Auguft, at fun-fet, and for half an hour after, when the atmofphere was clear; but after a rainy day,...nothing of it was feen. The following flowers emitted flames, more or lefs vivid, in this order: i. The Marigold, (Calendula cfficinalis). 1. Garden Nafturtion,... | |
 | William Nicholson - 1809 - 734 pages
...was remarked in tlie months of July and August at sunset, and for half an hour when the atmosphere was clear; but after a rainy day, or when the air was loaded with vupours, nothing of it was seen. The following flowers emitted ilishes, more or less vivid, in this... | |
 | Encyclopaedia Britannica - 1810 - 816 pages
...obferved at a confiderable diftance. This phenomenon was remarked in the months of July and Auguft at funfet, and for half an hour, when the atmofphere was clear; but after a rainy day, or when . Li|bt, L#tHctfc. V.ÎÏCP. the air was loaded with vapours, was feen. _, The following flowers emitted... | |
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August at sun-set, and for half an hour when the atmosphere was clear ; but after a rainy day, or when the air was loaded with vapours, nothing of it was seen. The following flowers emitted flashes more or less vivid, in this order: — 1. 
