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" Abyssinia is clear and the sun shines; about nine, a small cloud, not above four feet broad, appears in the East, whirling violently round as if upon an axis; but arrived near the zenith, it... "
The Annual Register of World Events: A Review of the Year - Page 164
1793
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The Historical Magazine, Or, Classical Library of Public Events ..., Volume 2

History - 1790 - 522 pages
...clear, and the fun (hints. About riñe, a frnall cloud, not above four feet broad appears in the ealt, whirling violently round as if upon an axis, but,...near the zenith, it firft abates its motion, then lolcs its form, and extends itfelf greatly, and feems to call up vapours from all oppofite quarters....
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Monthly Review; Or New Literary Journal

Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1790 - 630 pages
...appearances attending the inundation of the Nile: every morning in Abyffinia is clear, and the fun ihines. About nine, a fmall cloud, not above four feet broad, appears in the call, whirling violently round as if upon an axis, but, arrived near the zenith, it firil abates its...
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Annual Register, Volume 32

Edmund Burke - History - 1793 - 544 pages
...appearances attending the inundation of the Nile: every mowing in Abyflinia is clear, and the fun (nines. About nine, a fmall cloud, not above four feet broad,...arrived near the zenith, it firft abates its motion, thsn'lofes its form, and extends itfelf greatly, and feems to call up vapours from all oppefite quarters....
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Annual Register of World Events, Volume 32

History - 1793 - 542 pages
...appearances attending the inundation of the; Nile : every morning in Abyffinia is cle.ir, and the fun fhines. About nine, a fmall cloud, not above four feet broad, appears in the eail, whirling violently round as if upon an axis, but, arrived near • the zenith, it ftrft abates...
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Historical Account of the Most Celebrated Voyages, Travels, and Discoveries ...

William Fordyce Mavor - Discoveries in geography - 1797 - 362 pages
...appearances attend the inundation of the Nile. Every morning in Abyffinia is clear, and the fun fhines ; about nine, a fmall cloud, not above four feet broad,...zenith, it firft abates its motion, then lofes its form, extends itfelf greatly, and feems to call up vapours from all oppofite quarters. Thefe clouds, having...
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Historical Account of the Most Celebrated Voyages, Travels, and Discoveries ...

William Fordyce Mavor - Discoveries in geography - 1797 - 328 pages
...appearances attend the inundation of the Nile. Every morning in Abyffinia is clear, and the fun fhines ; about nine, a fmall cloud, not above four feet broad,...the eaft, whirling violently round as if upon an. axjs 3 but, arrived near the zenith, it firft abates its motion, then loles its form, extends itfelf...
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Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts ..., Volume 13, Part 1

Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1797 - 450 pages
...appearanc-s attemfing the inundation of the Nile. Every morning in Abyffinia is clear, and the fun (hiñes. About nine, a fmall cloud, not above four feet broad,...in the eaft, whirling violently round as if upon an ;;xis ; but, arrived near th*- zenith, it firft aliares its motion, then lofes its form, and extends...
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An Interesting Narrative of the Travels of James Bruce, Esq., Into Abyssinia ...

James Bruce - Blue Nile River (Ethiopia and Sudan) - 1798 - 422 pages
...clear, and the Tim (nines ; about nine, a fmall cloud, not above four ieet broad, appears in the eait, whirling violently round as if upon an axis, but arrived near the zenith, it firil abates its motion, then lofes its form, extends itfelf greatly, and fet-ms to caH lip vapours...
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An Interesting Narrative of the Travels of James Bruce, Esq. Into Abyssinia ...

James Bruce, Samuel Shaw - Ethiopia - 1814 - 408 pages
...appearances attend the inundation of the Nile. Every morning in Abyffinia is clear, and the fun mines ; about nine, a fmall cloud, not above four feet broad,...but, arrived near the zenith, it firft abates its morion, then lofes its form, extends itfelf greatly, and feems to call up vapours from all oppofite...
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An Historical Account of the Most Celebrated Voyages, Travels ..., Volume 11

William Fordyce Mavor - Discoveries in geography - 1802 - 346 pages
...clear, and the sun shines ; about nine, small cloud, not above four feet broad, appea: in the east, whirling violently round as if upon an axis ; but, arrived near the zenith, it first abates its motion, then loses its form, extends itself greatly, and seems to call up vapours...
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