... 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... The Northern star, or, Yorkshire magazine - Page 48edited by - 1817Full view - About this book
| William Nicholson - Natural history - 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 - Biography - 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 - Biography - 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... | |
| Yorkshire (England) - 1817 - 94 pages
...though counterfeited with such exactness, as to deceive a connoisseur, who had judged by the eye. ' J' By the sense of feeling, he discovered the least change...the fifth part of a note. By the quickness of 'this eense he could judge of the size of a room, and of his distance from the wall, and if even he walked... | |
| William Nicholson - Natural history - 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 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 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 - 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 - Curiosities and wonders - 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 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 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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