 | 1822 - 590 sider
...extremely awkward. The phenomenon of falling stones has been accounted for by some as having been formed in the air by a combination of mineral substances, which had risen from the earth ! — Mr. King, in his remarks concerning these stones, is of opinion, that the shower... | |
 | David Williams - 1858 - 388 sider
...probable explication of the phenomenon of falling stones?—A. The stones are supposed to have been formed in the air by a combination of mineral substances which had risen from the earth. Diis. Mr. Kiug, in his " Remarks concerning Stones," is of opinion that the shower... | |
 | 1867 - 524 sider
...philosophers speedily invented theories to account for their appearance. Ignoring the theory of Soldani, " that the stones were generated in the air by a combination...substances, which had risen somewhere or other as exhalations from the earth ; and the more precise one of Mr. King, who traced the origin of these meteorites... | |
 | John Bretland Farmer - 1898 - 554 sider
...strike off the branch of a mulberry tree, and to cause the tree to wither " Soldoni himself thought that " the stones were generated in the air by a combination...mineral substances which had risen somewhere or other as exhalations from the earth, but not from Vesuvius ". Very shortly afterwards (1796) appeared the work... | |
 | 1898 - 1898 - 534 sider
...strike off the branch of a mulberry tree, and to cause the tree to wither” Soldoni himself thought that “the stones were generated in the air by a...mineral substances which had risen somewhere or other as exhalations from the earth, but not from Vesuvius “. Very shortly afterwards (i 796) appeared the... | |
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the stones were generated in the air by a combination of mineral substances which had risen somewhere or other as... 