Well's natural philosophy : for the use of schools, academies and privte students, introducing the latest results of scientific discovery and research ; arranged with special reference to the practical application of physical science to the arts and the experiences of everyday life ; with three hundred and seventy-five engravings (1873)
Wells, David A · New York : Ivison, Blakeman, Taylor and Co. · leaf 402
earth; but it sometimes appearswithin the region of the clouds. Auroras occur more frequently in the winter than in the summer, and aroonly seen at night. They afleet in a peculiar manner the magnetic ncedloand the electric telegraph, and as the disturbances occasioned in these in-struments are… … The accompanying figure represents one of the most beautiful of the au-roral phenomena. It has often been asserted, and on good authority, that sounds have beenheard attending the phenomena of the aurora, hke the rustling of silk, or theBound and crackling of a fire. On this point, however, there…
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