 Lower down, the surface, shaken by the reaction from below, incessantly rustles into whiteness. The descent finally resolves itself into a rhythm, the water reaching the bottom of the fall in periodic gushes. Nor is the spray uniformly diffused through...  The Maritime Monthly - Page 3931873Full view - About this book
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell, Henry T. Steele - 1873 - 840 pages
...from below, incessantly rustles into whiteness. The descent finally resolves itself into a rhythm, the water reaching the bottom of the Fall in periodic...this it is evident that beauty is not absent from theHorseshoe Fall, but majesty is its chief attribute. The plunge of the water is not wild, but deliberate,... | |
 | John Tyndall - 1879 - 662 pages
...from below, incessantly rustles into whiteness. The descent finally resolves itself into a rhythm, the water reaching the bottom of the fall in periodic...uniformly diffused through the air, but is wafted through t in successive veils of gauze-like texture. From all this it is evident that beauty is not absent... | |
 | John Tyndall - 1884 - 676 pages
...from below, incessantly rustles into whiteness. The descent finally resolves itself into a rhythm, the water reaching the bottom of the fall in periodic...uniformly diffused through the air, but is wafted through t in successive veils of gauze-like texture. From all this it is evident that beauty is not absent... | |
 | John Tyndall - 1884 - 660 pages
...finally resolves itself into a rhythm, the water reaching the bottom of the fall in periodic gushes. NOT is the spray uniformly diffused through the air, but is wafted through t in successive veils of gauze-like texture. From all this it is evident that beauty is not absent... | |
 | William T. Jeans - 1887 - 356 pages
...from below, incessantly rustles into whiteness. The descent finally resolves itself into a rhythm, the water reaching the bottom of the fall in periodic...not wild, but deliberate, vast, and fascinating." On the first evening of his visit the guide to the Cave of the Winds, a strong-looking and pleasant... | |
 | Karl Baedeker (Firm), James Fullarton Muirhead - 1893 - 752 pages
...not uniform, but varied, long strips of deeper hue alternating with "bands of brighter colour . . . From all this it is evident that beauty is not absent...is not wild, but deliberate, vast, and fascinating' (Tyndall). — A condemned warship sent over the Fall in 1829 drew 18 ft. of water, but passed without... | |
 | John Tyndall - 1896 - 478 pages
...from below, incessantly rustles into whiteness. The descent finally resolves itself into a rhythm, the water reaching the bottom of the fall in periodic gushes. Nor is the 1 The direction of the wind with reference to the course of a ship may be inferred with accuracy from... | |
 | John Tyndall - 1897 - 448 pages
...from below, incessantly rustles into whiteness. The descent finally resolves itself into a rhythm, the water reaching the bottom of the fall in periodic gushes. Nor is the 1 The direction of the wind with reference to the course of a ehip may be inferred with accuracy from... | |
 | Karl Baedeker (Firm) - 1900 - 396 pages
...not uniform, but varied, long strips of deeper hue alternating with bands of brighter colour . . . From all this it is evident that beauty is not absent...is not wild, but deliberate, vast, and fascinating' (Tyndall). — A condemned warship sent over the Fall in 1829 drew 18ft. of water, but passed without... | |
 | Karl Baedeker (Firm) - 1900 - 396 pages
...not uniform, but varied, long strips of deeper hue alternating with bands of brighter colour . . . From all this it is evident that beauty is not absent...attribute. The plunge of the water is not wild, but deliherate, vast, and fascinating' (Tyndall). — A condemned warship sent over the Fall in 1829 drew... | |
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