 | John Timbs - 1839 - 446 pages
...they seemed to burst, also, and throw a dark crimson vapour over the entire hemisphere. At half-past two o'clock, the spectacle changed to darkness, which,...o'clock, when all died away. — Abridged from the daily Newspapers. [We • D' Urville, Voyage autour du Monde, tome ii., pp. 114, 115; quoted in the... | |
 | Henry Jones (of New York.) - 1839 - 256 pages
...throw a dark crimson vapor over the entire hemisphere. The colors were most magnificent. At half-past two o'clock the spectacle changed to darkness, which,...dispersing, displayed a luminous rainbow in the zenith of the heavens, and round the ridge of darkness that overhung the southern portion of the country.... | |
 | 1842 - 540 pages
...also, and to throw a dark crimson vapor over the entire hemisphere. The colors were most magnificent. At half past two o'clock, the spectacle changed to...dispersing, displayed a luminous rainbow in the zenith of the heavens, and round the ridge of darkness that overhung the southern portion of the country.... | |
 | Henry Jones - 1842 - 262 pages
...also, and to throw a dark, crimson vapor over the entire hemisphere. The colors were most magnificent. At half past two o'clock the spectacle changed to...dispersing, displayed a luminous rainbow in the zenith of the heavens, and round the ridge of darkness that overhung the southern portion of the country.... | |
 | 1843 - 556 pages
...also, and to throw a dark crimson vapor over the entire hemisphere. The colors were most magnificent. At half past two o'clock , the spectacle changed to...dispersing, displayed a luminous rainbow in the zenith of the heavens, and round the ridge of darkness that over-- hung the southern portion of the country.... | |
 | Samuel Maunder - 1843 - 914 pages
...over the entire hemisphere. The colours were the most magnificent that ever were seen. At half-past two o'clock the spectacle changed to darkness, which...dispersing, displayed a luminous rainbow in the zenith of the heavens and round the ridge of darkness that overhung the southern portion of the country. Soon... | |
 | Henry Duncan (D.D.) - 1847 - 430 pages
...throw a deep crimson vapour over the entire hemisphere. The colours were most magnificent. At half-past two o'clock, the spectacle changed to darkness, which,...dispersing, displayed a luminous rainbow in the zenith of the heavens, and round the ridge of darkness, that overhung the southern portion of the country.... | |
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At half past two o'clock, the spectacle changed to darkness, which, on dispersing, displayed a luminous rainbow in the zenith of the heavens, and round the ridge of darkness that overhung the southern portion of the country. Soon... 