 ... when observations have been making on the sun, to take notice of every cloud that interrupted the observation, almost as justly as they who could see it. He could tell when any thing was held near his face, or when he passed by a tree at no great...  Northern Star and Yorkshire Magazine - Page 481817Full view - About this book
 | William Nicholson - 1809 - 716 pages
...the sun, he took notice of every cloud that interrupted the observation, almost as justly as those who could see it. He could tell when any thing was held near his face, or when he passed by a tree at no great distance, provided the air was calm, and there was... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1816 - 538 pages
...observations have been making on the sun, to take notice of every cloud, that interrupted the observation, almost as justly as they who could see it. He could tell when any object was held near his face, or when he passed by a tree at no great distance, provided there was... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1816 - 536 pages
...observations have been making on the sun, to take notice of every cloud, that interrupted the observation, almost as justly as they who could see it. He could tell when any object was held near his face, or when he passed by a tree at no great distance, provided there was... | |
 | Arthur Jewitt - 1817 - 592 pages
...false, though counterfeited with such exactness, as to deceive a connoisseur, who had judged by the eye. By the sense of feeling, he discovered the least change...the fifth part of a note. By the quickness of this sense he could judge of the size of a room, and of his distance from the wall, and if even he walked... | |
 | William Nicholson - 1819 - 370 pages
...on the sun, he took notice of every cloud that interrupted the observation almost as justly as those who could see it. He could tell when any thing was held near his face, or when he passed by a tree at no great distance, provided the air was calm, and there was... | |
 | John Lauris Blake - 1834 - 1028 pages
...the sun, he took notice of every cloud that interrupted the observation, almost as justly as those who could see it. He could tell when any thing was held near his face, or when he passed by a tree at no great distance, provided the air was calm, and there was... | |
 | Exemplary and instructive biography - 1836 - 348 pages
...observations have been making on the sun, to take notice of every cloud that interrupted the observation, almost as justly as they who could see it. He could tell when any thing was held near his face, or when he passed by a tree at no great distance, provided there was a calm air, and little... | |
 | John Platts - 1876 - 986 pages
...the sun, he took notice of every cloud that interrupted the observation, almost as justly as those who could see it. He could tell when any thing was held near his face, or when he passed by a tree at no great distance, provided the air was calm, and there was... | |
 | John Platts - 1882 - 558 pages
...the sun, he took notice of every cloud that interrupted the observation, almost as justly as those who could see it. He* could tell when any thing was held near his face, or when he passed by a tree at no great distance, provided the air was calm, and there was... | |
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