 ... which extended itself at the top into a sort of branches ; occasioned, I imagine, either by a sudden gust of air that impelled it, the force of which decreased as it advanced upwards, or the cloud itself being pressed back again by its own weight,...  The Percy Family: The Baltic to Vesuvius - Page 203by Daniel Clarke Eddy - 1868 - 256 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Russell (painter.) - 1748 - 324 pages
...impelled it, the force " of which decreafed as it advanced upwards, or " the cloud itfelf being prefied back again by its * ( own weight, expanded in this manner: it " appeared fometimes bright, and fometimes da,rk, c ^ and fpotted, as it was either more or lefs im" pregnated... | |
 | Midwife - 1750 - 302 pages
...impelled it, the Force of which decreafed as it advanced upwards; or the Cloud itfelf, being prefled back again by its own Weight, expanded in this Manner. It appeared fomethnes bright, and fometimes dark and fpotted, as it was either more or lefs impregnated with Earth... | |
 | Robert Dodsley - Education - 1754 - 590 pages
...impelled it, the Force of which decreafed as it advanced upwards, or the Cloud itfeJf being prefled back again by its own Weight, expanded in this Manner : It appeared fametimes bright, and fometimes dark and (potted, as it was morr or lefs impregnated with Earth and... | |
 | Pliny (the Younger.), William Melmoth - Latin letters - 1757 - 390 pages
...impelled it, the force of which decreafed as it advanced upwards, or the cloud it felf being prefled back again by its own weight, expanded in this manner : it appeared fometimes X 4 bright c About fix miles diftant from Naples.—This dreadful eruption happened AD 79,... | |
 | English essays - 1747 - 702 pages
...info Scrt of Blanches, occafioned, I imagine, cither by a ' .d it, the advanced itfelf being pelTed back again by its own Weight, expanded in this Manner: It appeared fomciimci bright, and fometiraes dark and fpotted, as it was either more or lefs impregnated with Earth... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - English letters - 1790 - 912 pages
...impelled it, the force of which decreafed as it advanced upwards, or the cloud itfelf being preficd back again by its own weight, expanded in this manner ; it appeared fometimes bright and fometimes dark and fpotted, as it was either more or lefs impregnated with earth... | |
 | Characters and characteristics - 1804 - 560 pages
...great height in the form of a trunk, which extended itself at the top into a sort of branches, and it appeared sometimes bright, and sometimes dark and...was more or less impregnated with earth and cinders. This was a noble phenomenon for the philosophic Pliny, who immediately ordered a light vessel to be... | |
 | Pliny (the Younger.) - Lawyers - 1807 - 424 pages
...that the cloud, being pressed back by its own weight, expanded itself in the manner I have mentioned ; it appeared sometimes bright, and sometimes dark. and spotted, as it was either more or less impregnated with earth and cinders. This uncommon appearance excited my uncle's... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1816 - 540 pages
...great height in the form of a trunk, which extended itself at the top into a sort of branches ; and it appeared sometimes bright, and sometimes dark and spotted, as it was either •more or less impregnated with earth and cinders. This was a noble phaenomenon for the philosophic... | |
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