 | 1831 - 660 pages
...short intervals of cessation. Amidst this thick shower the water-spout was discovered, extending in a tapering form from a dense stratum of cloud, to...hid, by the foam of the sea being whirled upwards with a tremendous giration. It changed its direction after it was first seen, and threatened to pass... | |
 | Frederick William Beechey - 1832 - 522 pages
...the water where it was hid, by the foam of the sea being whirled upwards with a tremendous giration. It changed its direction after it was first seen,...from its course by a heavy gust of wind, it gradually receeded. On the dispersion of this magnificent phenomenon, we observed the column to diminish gradually,... | |
 | 1834 - 602 pages
...a waterspout: — ** Amidst a tremendous gale of wind, and curving showers of rain, the water-tpout was discovered, extending hi a tapering form from...hid, by the foam of the sea being whirled upwards wiih a tremendous ghation. It changed its direction after it was first seen, and threatened to pass... | |
 | 1834 - 508 pages
...curves, almost unceasingly. Amidst this thick shower, the waterspout was discovered, descending in a tapering form from a dense stratum of cloud, to...was hid by the foam of the sea being whirled upwards with a tremendous gyration. It changed its direction after it was first seen, and threatened to pass... | |
 | sir William Reid - 1838 - 474 pages
...short intervals of cessation. Amidst this thick shower, the waterspout was discovered, extending in a tapering form, from a dense stratum of cloud to...the water, where it was hid by the foam of the sea, heing whirled upwards by a tremendous gyration. It changed its direction after it was first seen, and... | |
 | William Reid - 1838 - 470 pages
...short intervals of cessation. Amidst this thick shower, the waterspout was discovered, extending in a tapering form, from a dense stratum of cloud to within thirty feet of the water, where it was hid hy the foam of the sea, heing whirled upwards hy a tremendous gyration. , It changed its direction... | |
 | 1842 - 496 pages
...short intervals of cessation. Amidst this thick shower, the waterspout was discovered, extending in a tapering form, from a dense stratum of cloud to...course by a heavy gust of wind it gradually receded. "A ball of fire was observed to be precipitated into the sea, and one of the boats, which was away... | |
 | William Reid - 1846 - 626 pages
...short intervals of cessation. Amidst this thick shower, the waterspout was discovered, extending in a tapering form, from a dense stratum of cloud to...it was first seen, and threatened to pass over the CHAP. XI. ship : but being diverted from its course by a heavy gust of wind, it gradually receded.... | |
 | Natural phenomena - 1846 - 142 pages
...short intervals of cessation. Amidst this thick shower, the Water Spout was discovered extending in a tapering form, from a dense stratum of cloud to...hid by the foam of the sea, being whirled upwards with a tremendous gyration. It changed its direction after it was first seen, and threatened to pass... | |
 | Tempest - 1848 - 316 pages
...short intervals of cessation. Amidst this thick shower the waterspout was discovered, extending in a tapering form from a dense stratum of cloud to within thirty feet of the Avater, where it was hid by the foam of the sea being whirled upwards by a tremendous gyration. It... | |
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... splitting. The wind blew with great violence, momentarily changing its direction, as if it were sweeping round in short spirals: the rain which fell in torrents was also precipitated in curves, with short intervals of cessation. Amidst this thick... 
