| 单词 | vapours |
| 例句 | The reason it’s worth standing up for punctu-ation is not that it’s an arbitrary system of notation known only to an over-sensitive elite who have attacks of the vapours when they see it misapplied. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z The vast vapours that arose in Mordor and went streaming westward passed low overhead, a great welter of cloud and smoke now lit again beneath with a sullen glow of red. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z They were in a country of swirling mists and ghostly vapours. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The twilight deepened as great vapours rose in the East and crawled above them. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z She shivered and stared around her at the swirling mists and ghostly vapours. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The land became drier and more barren; but mists and vapours lay behind them on the marshes. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z He floated on his back when the valise filled and sank; the river was mild and leisurely, going away from the people who ate shadows for breakfast and steam for lunch and vapours for supper. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z I lifted up my head to look: the roof resolved to clouds, high and dim; the gleam was such as the moon imparts to vapours she is about to sever. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z "It's hard to believe people did that every day. No wonder they were all getting attacks of the vapours every five minutes and fainting right, left and centre." Downton Abbey: The secrets of series five 2014-09-10T04:00:00Z I was still wrapped in the soothing vapours of the cognac, no clue where I was, but not particularly concerned: I’ll figure this out. My drinking years: ‘Everyone has blackouts, don’t they?’ 2015-06-13T04:00:00Z The vapours weep their burthen to the ground, Review | The surprising comfort of a new book about death 2019-03-20T04:00:00Z From the first line – "Another sheep, mangled and bled out, her innards not yet crusting and the vapours rising from her like a steamed pudding" – it is a tale that oozes, drips, throbs with menace. All the Birds, Singing by Evie Wyld – review 2013-06-30T09:00:01Z The ladies are catered for too, with a swooning event suitable for any women who suffer from the vapours. This week's new events 2012-07-06T23:05:00Z The woods decay, the woods decay and fall, The vapours weep their burthen to the ground, Man comes and tills the field and lies beneath, And after many a summer dies the swan. Adam Foulds salutes Romantic Moderns, winner of the Guardian first book award 2010-12-02T14:09:00Z Providing it's not a pea-souper this can lead to ethereal effects at dawn, whether it's the spectral shadows cast by a tree or a flock of wildfowl partly shrouded by pastel-tinted vapours. Northern exposures: how to take a perfect winter wildlife photograph 2010-12-02T10:52:00Z Bob Shambles incants vaguely, as if summoning the answer from magical vapours. Extract: Skippy Dies by Paul Murray 2010-08-06T08:56:00Z The plot plays out as a prolonged attack of the vapours. Cannes 2017 – the best of week two 2017-05-27T04:00:00Z So Heston set about making breakfast a fun meal for a select group of commuters by taking over the Orient Express and treating them to his variations of boiled egg, cereals and coffee vapours. TV review: Heston's Fantastical Food; Dara Ó Briain's Science Club 2012-11-06T22:00:02Z A Jack Daniels building project is to be halted after a neighbour argued she was facing a plague of whiskey fungus caused by escaping alcohol vapours. Whiskey fungus lawsuit forces Jack Daniels to halt building project 2023-03-01T05:00:00Z The resulting metal vapours can then be extracted under vacuum and condensed by cooling. E-Waste Could Become a ‘Gold Mine’ for Rare-Earth Elements 2022-12-21T05:00:00Z He said fuel vapours may have trigged a secondary blast. Afghanistan: US media cast doubt on Kabul drone strike 2021-09-11T04:00:00Z Scientists are exploring whether future Covid-19 vaccines could be in the form of inhaled vapours, powders, tablets, oral drops or intranasal sprays, for which the only delivery requirements could be a mailing address. Scientists race to find 'warm' Covid vaccine to solve issue of cold storage 2020-11-20T05:00:00Z An oceanographer and environmental engineer in Mauritius, Vassen Kauppaymuthoo, told the BBC that local residents were now "breathing heavy vapours of oil", and there was a "mixture of sadness and anger" over the spill. Wrecked Mauritius oil spill ship breaks in two 2020-08-16T04:00:00Z The organisation said the alcohol hand sanitiser is "becoming heated resulting in flammable vapours being released", which reach a "flashpoint" and ignite, setting fire to flammable components within the car. Wednesday UK's hottest day of the year so far 2020-06-24T04:00:00Z Galileo suggested, for example, that comets might be optical phenomena caused by the reflection of sunlight by vapours released from Earth. Galileo’s story is always relevant 2020-05-03T04:00:00Z The high compressibility of both vapours and supercritical fluids would dampen the magnitude of pressure changes in the authors’ model, making failure less probable. When it rains, lava pours 2020-04-21T04:00:00Z As he wrestled with a relentless fever, a doctor prescribed vapours of boiled eucalyptus and seaweed. 'Be careful': Spain's last 1918 flu survivor offers warning on coronavirus 2020-03-22T04:00:00Z The discrepancies are particularly dire for crystal nucleation from dilute media, such as solutions and vapours. Crystallization tracked atom by atom 2019-06-25T04:00:00Z The better option is to grow them by depositing atoms from vapours in a vacuum chamber. How 2D semiconductors could extend Moore’s law 2019-03-11T04:00:00Z Franklin had opened up a window but Adams held the common view of the time that you could get ill from night vapours. Will Trump win his legal fight over the wall? 2019-02-17T05:00:00Z Taken together, the new findings suggest that laboratory studies of SOA yields must be conducted using realistic mixtures of atmospheric vapours, rather than just using single compounds, as is widely done. Atmospheric reaction networks affecting climate are more complex than was thought 2019-01-29T05:00:00Z One promising candidate exploits vapours of alkali metals such as potassium, which allows conversion of almost all the energy used to excite the electrons, without heating problems. Dreaming of death rays: the search for laser weapons 2019-01-08T05:00:00Z Osanna says suffocating volcanic ash or boiling vapours killed the horses. Archaeologists find remains of horses in ancient Pompeii stable 2018-12-23T05:00:00Z Oil vapours are toxic and contaminate seafood, harming public health and the local economy. Human errors are behind most oil-tanker spills 2018-08-05T04:00:00Z Mr Ameal remembers inhaling vapours from cooked seaweed and eucalyptus leaves. Pepe's story: How I survived Spanish flu 2018-05-20T04:00:00Z He arrived in Melbourne in January living on the vapours of hope rather than experience. Novak Djokovic faces uncertain future after struggling in year of pain | Kevin Mitchell 2018-04-28T04:00:00Z They treated me like a Victorian lady with a case of the vapours. The masseuse who pulled my arm out - BBC News 2017-08-17T04:00:00Z His work there included cleverly aligning atoms by colliding them with other aligned vapours, to measure the atoms' resonance energies. Hans Dehmelt (1922-2017) : Nature : Nature Research 2017-05-16T04:00:00Z It was recognised that some plants reacted to those vapours, and the research used modified bacteria that essentially glow in contact with the explosive vapour. Glowing bacteria offer hope for safe detection of 100m landmines 2017-04-13T04:00:00Z Then each bent over their dish, inhaled its delicate vapours, took the bird by its beak and sucked out the innards, including bones, through its rectum. Fit for office? A brief history of leaders' illnesses 2016-09-12T04:00:00Z On the basis of the combined modelling results and experimental data that we report here, we suggest that low-volatility organic vapours are the key to particle growth at the initial sizes. The role of low-volatility organic compounds in initial particle growth in the atmosphere : Nature : Nature Publishing Group 2016-05-24T04:00:00Z Here we present evidence for the formation of aerosol particles from highly oxidized biogenic vapours in the absence of sulfuric acid in a large chamber under atmospheric conditions. Ion-induced nucleation of pure biogenic particles : Nature : Nature Publishing Group 2016-05-24T04:00:00Z The researchers dropped little plastic tubes containing cuttings from a cacao tree into wispy vapours wafting from a flask of liquid nitrogen. Smithsonian sets up frozen-plant repository 2015-07-07T04:00:00Z China’s then prime minister, Zhou Enlai, reportedly ate there in the 1950s; today, vapours rise from a pile of rubbish by its entrance. Kings no more 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z “Thank you, thank you,” we yelled, pedalling through the vapours. Summer's over but heatwave pushes southern California towards meltdown 2014-10-06T04:00:00Z The condensation sink is also the fundamental equilibration timescale between the gas and particle phases when condensation is the main loss of vapours. The role of low-volatility organic compounds in initial particle growth in the atmosphere : Nature : Nature Publishing Group 2016-05-24T04:00:00Z Here we report atmospheric particle formation solely from biogenic vapours. Ion-induced nucleation of pure biogenic particles : Nature : Nature Publishing Group 2016-05-24T04:00:00Z Tories are talking about David Cameron being forced to resign and Labour people are having fits of the vapours. Scottish referendum: this is the hardest campaign I have ever had to call 2014-09-06T04:00:00Z The air gaps between the Christmas Tree structures can be used to trap other vapours, changing the optical appearance of the surface accordingly. Butterfly wings inspire cosmetics and bomb detectors 2014-07-08T04:00:00Z Workers again noticed vapours around the tanks in May. A messy 25-year-long nuclear clean-up 2014-06-10T04:00:00Z For the collision between vapours and ultrafine particles, the reduced mass μi,p needs to be considered; vi,p is then the centre of mass velocity: The role of low-volatility organic compounds in initial particle growth in the atmosphere : Nature : Nature Publishing Group 2016-05-24T04:00:00Z The loss rate of condensable vapours and particles onto the chamber walls is comparable to the ambient condensation sink of the pristine boundary layer. Ion-induced nucleation of pure biogenic particles : Nature : Nature Publishing Group 2016-05-24T04:00:00Z Scientists say they've found a mechanism by which these scented vapours turn into aerosols above boreal forests. Pine smell 'limits' climate change 2014-02-26T20:42:13Z Iran may give foreign-policy wonks the vapours, but American voters feel they have heard a lot of cry-wolf warnings about weapons of mass destruction in recent years, so they are taking a break from wolf-hunting. Lexington: Barack, Bibi and Iran 2013-11-14T16:01:02Z Then, in late March, two dozen workers fell ill because of chemical vapours near the tanks. A messy 25-year-long nuclear clean-up 2014-06-10T04:00:00Z Nucleation of aerosol particles from trace atmospheric vapours is thought to provide up to half of global cloud condensation nuclei. Molecular understanding of sulphuric acid–amine particle nucleation in the atmosphere 2013-10-16T17:22:18.533Z The transmission curves were determined in a series of calibration measurements in which various perfluorinated acid vapours of different m/z were passed into the instrument in sufficient amounts to saturate all the primary ions. Ion-induced nucleation of pure biogenic particles : Nature : Nature Publishing Group 2016-05-24T04:00:00Z "It's thought that the vapours being emitted from the vegetation in the pine forests are contributing roughly half of the aerosols over the forest," he said. Pine smell 'limits' climate change 2014-02-26T20:42:13Z Sulphates, for example, grow from vapours into clusters of a few molecules and then into nanometre-sized particles. Climate science: Clouds of (slightly less) unknowing 2013-10-02T18:02:57Z The Cement Florist opened a jar of hot yellow resin, honeyed vapours rising out of the glass. Mortar flowers 2013-06-12T17:50:53.917Z This suggests that nucleation in different regions of the boundary layer may be controlled by different ternary vapours. Molecular understanding of sulphuric acid–amine particle nucleation in the atmosphere 2013-10-16T17:22:18.533Z The redesign means that in the event of a problem, vapours from the battery box would be expelled from the plane, Boeing said. Boeing starts costly repairs to Dreamliner batteries 2013-04-22T14:29:18Z "We've found the reasons how the vapours get converted into particles, so we are basically explaining around 50% of the aerosol particles." Pine smell 'limits' climate change 2014-02-26T20:42:13Z As for the workings of Declan Kidney's mind, it is probably safe to assume that the Ireland coach has not succumbed to an attack of the vapours. Brains not passion will decide Ireland's Six Nations game with England 2013-02-09T22:00:01Z In later years a wind from the east would carry noxious vapours from a nearby abattoir. Happy 150th to Notts County, a very decent football club 2012-11-26T16:34:10Z Indeed, our measurements leave open the possibility that nucleation may also proceed with other atmospheric vapours, such as highly oxidized organic species of very low volatility. Molecular understanding of sulphuric acid–amine particle nucleation in the atmosphere 2013-10-16T17:22:18.533Z The properties are unfit for human habitation - the neuro-toxic vapours are making the residents ill. Legal action over 'toxic homes' 2012-07-16T10:25:06Z One of the most significant but least understood sources of aerosols are the sweet-smelling vapours found in pine forests in North America, northern Europe and Russia. Pine smell 'limits' climate change 2014-02-26T20:42:13Z The alarm was raised when a passenger saw an individual, described as of Asian appearance, pouring what they believed was liquid into a bag which was emitting vapours, the police said. Two terror alerts as Olympics security goes into overdrive 2012-07-05T18:23:46Z Fire chief Ian Woods said the blast was most likely caused by a build-up of flammable vapours ignited by a spark. Vodka blast 'started by smoker' 2012-05-25T10:31:03Z In the case of incandescent vapours, the exact correspondence of emission and absorption as regards wave-length of frequency of the light emitted and absorbed forms the foundation of the science of spectrum analysis. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" 2012-04-25T02:00:53.567Z Thick with towns and hamlets studded, and with streams and vapours gray,5 Like a shield embossed with silver, round and vast the landscape lay. Poems on Travel 2012-04-23T02:00:31.163Z The drains are badly made and left absolutely to themselves until, choked up, they are opened up for repairs, when the hidden compressed effluvia send their noxious vapours into the homes around. Sidelights on Chinese Life 2012-04-21T02:00:23.993Z Oh, what folly it was to offer an affront to the great God, who had such complete control over “fire and hail, snow and vapours, stormy wind fulfilling His word”! The Expositor's Bible: The First Book of Samuel 2012-04-08T02:00:20.427Z It was as though a breath of the wind of death had blown suddenly through the room, lifting the vapours of wine and tobacco-smoke, quenching the laughter and the candle flames. Mortal Coils 2012-04-06T02:00:30.740Z Apparatus for observing absorption of heat by gas and vapours. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" 2012-04-25T02:00:53.567Z We know no sickness but that which carries us to our grave; we feel no vapours; we know no nerves. The Gipsy (Vols I & II) A Tale 2012-04-06T02:00:27.227Z Others regard him as a wind-hero, who disperses the pestilential vapours of the fens. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" 2012-04-04T02:00:56.447Z From the surrounding sea come cool and grateful clouds; from the heated interior come hot blasts, licking up life and absorbing the watery vapours which would otherwise fall as rain. Australian Pictures Drawn with Pen and Pencil 2012-04-02T02:00:28.873Z She was first shut up in the Sudatorium of her own baths, and a blazing fire was lighted, that she might be destroyed by the hot vapours. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z A brass tube AB, polished inside, and closed with plates of highly diathermanous rocksalt at either end, was fitted with stopcocks C and D for exhausting and admitting air or other gases or vapours. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" 2012-04-25T02:00:53.567Z But a few moments before, the sun, shorn of his beams by thick vapours belched forth from the crater above, rode lustreless aloft like a dim red ball. Baron Bruno Or, the Unbelieving Philosopher, and Other Fairy Stories 2012-03-28T02:00:24.407Z When in the present time disturbances abound, And bands of robbers are like gathering vapours found, We know that heaven means to raise a valiant band To rescue the oppressed and save our native land. Ti-Ping Tien-Kwoh The History of the Ti-Ping Revolution (Volume I) 2012-03-19T02:00:25.027Z Next came the Sun, who, breaking out from a thick watery cloud, drove away the cold vapours from the sky, and darted his warm sultry beams upon the head of the poor weather-beaten traveller. ?sop's Fables, Embellished with One Hundred and Eleven Emblematical Devices. 2012-03-19T02:00:22.807Z To Lady Betty's eye, and in the phrase of the day, she had the vapours; alas, she suffered with better reason that the fine ladies who had lately made them the fashion. Sophia A Romance 2012-03-18T02:00:22.773Z Dalton also investigated the laws of vapours, and of mixtures of gases and vapours. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" 2012-04-25T02:00:53.567Z As the tourmaline contains boron there must have been some permeation of vapours from the granite into the sediments. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" 2012-03-15T02:00:32.250Z Believing at last that I had sent for him in a fit of the vapours, he devoted himself to amusing me and abusing Bruhl--a very favourite pastime with him. Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France 2012-03-15T02:00:24.837Z My lady, when she saw that, flew out at me afresh, and threw first the vapours bottle and then her cane at me, which, breaking a piece of china, put her fairly beside herself. Shrewsbury A Romance 2012-03-15T02:00:22.177Z Neurasthenia, or nerve-weakness, "the vapours" of the old novelists and dramatists, is a very common malady, and it gives the clergyman trouble by the turmoil it causes in families, religious communities, in themselves, and elsewhere. Essays In Pastoral Medicine 2012-03-05T03:00:09.993Z He found that condensible vapours approximately followed Boyle’s law when compressed, until the condensation pressure was reached, at which the vapour liquefied without further increase of pressure. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" 2012-04-25T02:00:53.567Z In America orchard trees infested with insects or fungi have been covered one by one with light tents, and the vapours of prussic acid, burning sulphur, and other poisons allowed to act inside the tent. Disease in Plants 2012-03-01T03:00:22Z The oil which feeds the lamp of revolutionary genius is foul, and such noxious vapours rise with the flame as must needs check its brightness. Paris and the Parisians in 1835 (Vol. 1 of 2) 2012-02-29T03:00:23.930Z At that time Burslem possessed twenty-two ovens, and Shaw says, that when these were at work, the vapours emanating from the salt were such as to produce a dense fog in the town. British Manufacturing Industries Pottery, Glass and Silicates, Furniture and Woodwork. 2012-02-26T03:00:18.883Z The Spaniards of the 16th and 17th centuries knew humores in the same sense, and still employ the word as a name for caprices, whims and vapours. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8 "Hudson River" to "Hurstmonceaux" 2012-02-24T03:00:27.173Z The method of the indicator diagram has since proved of great utility in physics in studying the properties of gases and vapours. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" 2012-04-25T02:00:53.567Z The mists, due to the great heat and excessive evaporation, and the noxious miasmata, especially of the southern region, were exaggerated into the noisome vapours that the “black and stinking” waters ever exhaled. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" 2012-02-17T03:00:33.923Z But would you from destruction turn, Nor ’mid sulphurous vapours burn, But each become a blessed spirit, And kingdom come with joy inherit. West African studies 2012-02-15T03:00:28.537Z Wellgood grumbled about women's vapours, but in his caution asked no questions and showed no concern. Second String 2012-02-11T03:03:54.390Z But as he came nearer, his pale bones grew redder, and vapours floated woolly round his haggard form. Translations from the German (Vol 3 of 3) Tales by Musaeus, Tieck, Richter 2012-02-08T03:00:20.643Z Much additional knowledge with regard to the nature of heat, and the properties of gases and vapours, was required before the problem could be attacked theoretically. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" 2012-04-25T02:00:53.567Z "I have no doubt," says I, "but what you are troubled with the vapours," and got a haughty glance of contempt for my pains. Lawrence Clavering 2012-02-01T03:00:11.667Z The air was too relaxing for her, and she was subject to constant attacks of the vapours that were as distressing to her household as they were to herself. The Black Moth A Romance of the XVIIIth Century 2012-01-31T03:00:13.827Z This he with starry vapours spangles all, Took in their prime ere they grow ripe and fall. Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 101, October 4, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2012-01-30T03:00:13.383Z The afternoon was also wearing through, and the vapours from the steaming swamps obscured the dingy heavens. For Jacinta 2012-01-27T03:00:20.840Z But in the sweet clearness of the morning such thoughts seemed to me no more than night vapours, and I sprang down the steps with a laugh. The Courtship of Morrice Buckler A Romance 2012-01-26T03:00:17.027Z Everlasting vapours obscure the sun, and mingle with the exhalation of the steaming24 marshes of the lead-coloured, land-locked cove that forms the harbour. The Monarchs of the Main, Volume II (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers 2012-01-23T03:00:10.880Z Again, they are like vapours in high altitudes, upon which, if a man's shadow falls, he beholds himself as a giant. The Story of Anna Kingsford and Edward Maitland and of the new Gospel of Interpretation 2012-01-18T03:00:12.427Z In 1823 Faraday published his work on the liquefaction of gases, from which he concluded that there was no difference in kind between gases and vapours. Heroes of Science: Physicists 2012-01-17T03:00:17Z "Ah, it is cool among our mountains," they said with a sigh gazing wearily down at the plain which sent up hot vapours to mingle with the dust. The Story of Assisi 2012-01-14T03:00:18.710Z In the sun's spectrum, and in stellar spectra, are many dark lines or bands, due to the absorption of certain rays by certain vapours in the atmosphere of sun or stars or earth. Human Personality and its Survival of Bodily Death 2012-01-05T03:00:42.307Z Fortunately the vapours dispersed during our arduous clamber, and there at one view lay plain before us the fearful chasm from its floor to the rim running round it. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume II (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-03T03:00:07.630Z There may be ineffective, tedious, obscure passages, but no one knows what may be coming, these vapours often precede a glowing sunburst. Lord Chatham His Early Life and Connections 2012-01-02T03:00:18.893Z In faith, 'tis an excellent regimen for the vapours. The King of Schnorrers Grotesques and Fantasies 2011-12-28T03:00:34.587Z Then he introduced Philip to "Brugglesmith," and the vapours were blown away by gusts of laughter. A Knight on Wheels 2011-12-24T03:08:07.830Z Our mental atmosphere is clouded by vapours and illumined by fires, and is clouded and illumined differently at different times. Human Personality and its Survival of Bodily Death 2012-01-05T03:00:42.307Z Very different was the eastern crater, Kawah Ratu, or King's Crater; its floor seemed to consist of dried mud, from the clefts and springs in which steam and sulphureous vapours were constantly bursting impetuously forth. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume II (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-03T03:00:07.630Z The sea air, with its cool vapours of salt and iodine, may lull the adult into one continuous and lazy doze, but it is an invigorant to the offspring. In Pastures New 2011-12-23T03:00:12.717Z Moreover, a stench, foul beyond compare, burst forth with the vapours, and filled all those dark places. Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England 2011-12-19T03:00:41.437Z The vapours of the town oppressed him, the warm and heavy moisture stifled; he wanted space and the sight of clean simple things that would stimulate his mind with lighter thoughts. The Wolves of God And Other Fey Stories 2011-12-17T03:00:15.447Z Sliding vapours streaked them, a crisp splashing sound made by the curling ripples followed the vessel; the canoe surged along noisily astern, and the frothing and gurgling grew louder at the bows. The Protector 2011-12-14T03:00:17.460Z This augmentation of weight arises from a great quantity of air which becomes fixed during the combustion, and which combines with the vapours. Heroes of Science Chemists 2011-12-09T03:00:21.047Z Finally, a lacker table on wheels, overhung by a fringed canopy that protected an enormous bowl of rarest Ming whither odorous vapours ascended from the flowery liquid, was pushed along in slow and reverend state. The Passionate Elopement 2011-12-02T03:00:19.930Z In the atmosphere floated the vapours of alcohol, the suffocating fumes of olive-oil, the penetrating odour of must, mingled with the fresh perfume of the neighbouring fields. The Cabin [La barraca] 2011-12-01T03:00:23.247Z Three plain words are all that matter, Mid the gossip and the chatter, Hopes in speeches, fears in papers, Pessimistic froth and vapours— Haig is moving! The Guards Came Through and Other Poems 2011-11-22T03:00:11.683Z They moved on cautiously, skirting what seemed to be a pit of profound depth in which dim vapours whirled, while the rain, which grew thicker, beat into their faces. The Protector 2011-12-14T03:00:17.460Z The wings of dawn Are beating at the gates of day, The morning star hath been withdrawn, The silver vapours melt away. The Coo-ee Reciter 2011-11-20T03:00:16.890Z Fled, too, with the vapours of young maidenhood, were some of the sweets. The Passionate Elopement 2011-12-02T03:00:19.930Z This process is known as fractional distillation, and it will be noticed that it consists essentially in collecting and liquefying separately those vapours which are given off at different ranges of temperature. Marvels of Scientific Invention An Interesting Account in Non-technical Language of the Invention of Guns, Torpedoes, Submarine Mines, Up-to-date Smelting, Freezing, Colour Photography, and many other recent Discoveries of Science 2011-11-19T03:00:24.517Z The weather was stormy; and black, rainy vapours obscured the mountains. The Ascent of the Matterhorn 2011-11-19T03:00:23.233Z The dawn was glimmering in the east; the stars grew less, and the frost vapours rose more densely from the earth. Fables for Children, Stories for Children, Natural Science Stories, Popular Education, Decembrists, Moral Tales 2011-11-17T03:00:35.327Z For this reason the vapours become heavy and resemble mist, and they smell of mouldiness, like a vault or some underground chamber which has been completely closed for many years. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z A fairy explosion was followed by the dewy vapours of long imprisoned sunshine. The Passionate Elopement 2011-12-02T03:00:19.930Z When coal is heated in order to make it give up its gas, or to turn it into coke, vapours are given off which on cooling become coal-tar. Marvels of Scientific Invention An Interesting Account in Non-technical Language of the Invention of Guns, Torpedoes, Submarine Mines, Up-to-date Smelting, Freezing, Colour Photography, and many other recent Discoveries of Science 2011-11-19T03:00:24.517Z Mists were created out of invisible vapours, and in a few minutes snow fell heavily. The Ascent of the Matterhorn 2011-11-19T03:00:23.233Z If the water is saturated with saltpetre powder and is put in a warm place, the water will go away in vapours, and the superfluous saltpetre will again gather in six-edged columns. Fables for Children, Stories for Children, Natural Science Stories, Popular Education, Decembrists, Moral Tales 2011-11-17T03:00:35.327Z On the plains they construct bellows which draw up these noxious vapours and remedy this evil; these I have described before. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z Many granites have suffered modification by the action of vapours emitted during cooling. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" 2011-11-13T03:00:13.177Z The sun shot a languid and fitful ray athwart the vapours gathering to receive him, and its light shone full on the couch of the invalid. The Legendary and Poetical Remains of John Roby author of 'Traditions of Lancashire', with a sketch of his literary life and character 2011-11-07T02:00:18.317Z Stars fell by hundreds; and not dimmed by intervening vapours, they sparkled with greater brightness than Sirius in our damp climate. The Ascent of the Matterhorn 2011-11-19T03:00:23.233Z Did my lady suffer from that mysterious eighteenth-century complaint “the vapours,” she journeyed to “the Bath.” The Bath Road History, Fashion, & Frivolity on an Old Highway 2011-11-06T02:00:11.073Z When it is desired to suck out heavy or pestilential vapours, the blow-hole of the bellows is fitted all round the mouth of the conduit. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z The craters eject sulphurous vapours, and molten lava bubbles up as if in gigantic caldrons, congealing at the mouths of the craters and cracking with the extreme heat. Alone with the Hairy Ainu or, 3,800 miles on a pack saddle in Yezo and a cruise to the Kurile Islands. 2011-10-30T02:00:10.270Z "In the cradle where the vapours Dream the sunlit hours away." Child Verse Poems Grave & Gay 2011-10-22T02:00:29.267Z It was filled with workmen who were employed on the road, and with noxious vapours which proceeded from them. The Ascent of the Matterhorn 2011-11-19T03:00:23.233Z Why, from the Puy de Parion I could swear that smoke must rise at times, and that sulphurous vapours must still keep it in perpetual desolation. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 60, No. 373, November 1846 2011-10-21T02:00:17.417Z The bellows, by the first method, blows fresh air into the conduit through its nozzle, and by the second method blows out through the nozzle the heavy and pestilential vapours which have been collected. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z The horse was pulled up sharp; its warm breath seemed to fill the air around the boy and envelop him in a thick mist of unpleasant vapours from its steaming body. In God's Way A Novel 2011-10-13T02:00:38.570Z Do you not see those light vapours about the summit of Mont Cantal, and that low bank of clouds behind the forest? A Night on the Borders of the Black Forest 2011-10-12T02:00:51.367Z The atmosphere was perfectly still, and free from all clouds or vapours. The Ascent of the Matterhorn 2011-11-19T03:00:23.233Z The sentiments which, in contact with the open air of freedom, form the wholesome breath of public opinion, can never be stifled and pent up, without generating the foul and dangerous vapours of conspiracy. The Comic History of Rome 2011-10-09T02:00:24.507Z D—Hole by which heavy vapours or blasts are blown out. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z A death-like damp sits cold upon my brow, And misty vapours swim before my sight. Dryden's Works Vol. 3 (of 18) Sir Martin Mar-All; The Tempest; An Evening's Love; Tyrannic Love 2011-10-08T02:00:22.420Z In the midst of it are to be found fields recently and with great difficulty reclaimed, and miserable villages all smoked and blackened by the resinous vapours from the forests. Iermola 2011-10-06T02:00:40.637Z The reason assigned for this is, that it prevents the spread of any noxious vapours. Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 90, July 19, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Geneologists, etc. 2011-10-03T02:00:27.757Z Of the vapours contained in it by far the most important is that of water which, although always present, varies greatly in amount according to variations in temperature. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" 2011-09-19T02:00:10.473Z But, lest the vapours should escape from the ampulla and the operculum in that part where their mouths communicate, they are entirely sealed all round. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z The King rose and placed his hat before her face, leading her out of the room and explaining, "My cousin has vapours." Louis XIV and La Grande Mademoiselle 1652-1693 2011-09-14T02:00:48.383Z Heaven opens here on all sides her golden gates; her windows are not obstructed by vapours; voices of celestial inhabitants are more distinctly heard, and their forms more distinctly seen.” William Blake A Study of His Life and Art Work 2011-09-13T02:00:35.943Z The morning, which broke upon an atmosphere purged of its vapours, showed no trace of the brig in the vicinity of St. Jerome's. Rob of the Bowl, Vol. I (of 2) A Legend of St. Inigoe's 2011-09-11T02:00:10.443Z The source of this energy is to be sought in the enormous expansive force of the vapours and gases dissolved in the magma. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" 2011-09-19T02:00:10.473Z "You had best conduct sensibly, both of you," said I bluntly; "for I'm tired of your airs and vapours; and Colonel Dayton will stand no nonsense from either of you!" The Little Red Foot 2011-09-09T02:01:04.147Z Madame had "vapours," otherwise called a nervous malady. Louis XIV and La Grande Mademoiselle 1652-1693 2011-09-14T02:00:48.383Z Chorus—Three rounds of Bruntsfield Links will chase All murky vapours off, boys; And nothing can your sinews brace Like the glorious game of Golf, boys. Poems on Golf 2011-09-08T02:00:19.780Z He is best known as the inventor of the sealed glass tubes which bear his name, by means of which are exhibited the phenomena accompanying the discharge of electricity through highly rarefied vapours and gases. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" 2011-09-02T02:00:20.450Z The chemical changes are probably mainly, if not entirely, due to the moisture of the air, and particularly to the gases, vapours and organic matter which the moisture contains. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" 2011-09-19T02:00:10.473Z Yet, I have thought that kindness might please a woman more easily than sighs and vapours.... The Little Red Foot 2011-09-09T02:01:04.147Z They escaped from their deserted apartment to run towards the noise and movement; their life was too sad with Madame and her eternal "vapours." Louis XIV and La Grande Mademoiselle 1652-1693 2011-09-14T02:00:48.383Z And nowhere was the sun to be seen, and the horizon had vanished in drifting clouds and floating vapours—and so they fared for four days. Tales From J?kai 2011-09-02T02:00:19.183Z We knew not in redeeming day Whether our spirits would be found Floating along the starry way, Or in the earthly vapours drowned. The Divine Vision and Other Poems 2011-09-02T02:00:18.933Z From time to time, however, in large volcanoes rents are formed on the sides of the cone, whence steam and other hot vapours and also streams of molten lava are poured forth. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" 2011-09-19T02:00:10.473Z Then when the singer’s thoughts have drifted into some dark miasma, the sensitive instrument cannot attune itself in those dreamy poisonous vapours, and the delicate string loses its perfect harmony. An I.D.B. in South Africa 2011-08-31T02:01:33.733Z They delight in the blood of animals, and in the putrid exhalations which rise from their bodies, as well as in earthly vapours. Supernatural Religion, Vol. I. (of III) An Inquiry into the Reality of Divine Revelation 2011-08-30T02:00:33.183Z Thick, impenetrable vapours, black, brown, and dun, descended. Tales From J?kai 2011-09-02T02:00:19.183Z Because the baggage has a pert je-ne-sçai-quoi; she reads plays, keeps a monkey, and is troubled with vapours. The Beaux-Stratagem A comedy in five acts 2011-08-26T02:00:26.760Z Hooke still associated earthquakes with volcanic action, and connected both with what he called “the general congregation of sulphurous subterraneous vapours.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" 2011-09-19T02:00:10.473Z People remarked that the Judge was in the vapours. In a Glass Darkly, v. 1/3 2011-08-25T02:00:34.247Z Mixing the coal gas with water gas, which has been highly carburetted by passing it with the vapours of various hydrocarbons through superheaters in order to give permanency to the hydrocarbon gases. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" 2011-08-24T02:00:20.690Z Travellers tell us that the leaves of this tree imbibe the atmospheric vapours, and then distil them upon the earth below, thus watering the waterless island night and day. Tales From J?kai 2011-09-02T02:00:19.183Z She crept to the window and looked out over the garden, its elfish vapours dimly lighted by a thin, silver crescent-moon that seemed hanging like a gipsy ear-ring from a swarthy cloud. The Long Lane's Turning 2011-08-23T02:00:34Z Never durst a Muse before Enter that infernal door: Clio, stifled with the smell, Into spleen and vapours fell, By the Stygian steams that flew From the dire infectious crew. Ireland in the Days of Dean Swift Irish Tracts, 1720 to 1734 2011-08-23T02:00:30.217Z The rain had ceased at sunrise, and, although grey vapours curled before the clearing lift, the hillside was a very pleasant place. Lives of the Fur Folk 2011-08-20T02:00:13.820Z Coal gas, being a mixture of gases and vapours of liquids having very varying boiling points, must necessarily undergo physical changes when the temperature is lowered. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" 2011-08-24T02:00:20.690Z Arguing à priori, one would have concluded that if this waste land was worthless before, now it was a marsh, and miasmatic vapours arose from it, it would be still more avoided. World's End A Story in Three Books 2011-08-16T02:00:47.740Z The mountain was enveloped in a dense mist, and for a long time the men lay behind their schanzes waiting for what would happen when the vapours were dispelled. Through Shot and Flame The Adventures and Experiences of J. D. Kestell Chaplain to President Steyn and General Christian De Wet 2011-08-16T02:00:45.283Z Moreover, the gases can be made to yield their ammonia, their tar, and even their benzene vapours, the value of which products sometimes exceeds that of the coke itself. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" 2011-08-15T02:00:28.473Z What, arms across, Worthy! methinks you should hold them open when a friend's so near—The man has got the vapours in his ears, I believe. The Recruiting Officer 2011-08-10T02:00:18.323Z Enriching the gas by vapours and permanent gases obtained by decomposing the tar formed at the same time as the gas. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" 2011-08-24T02:00:20.690Z Through the dark vapours descended a tall and dignified form, on whose bosom a cross shone with dazzling effulgence. The Devil's Elixir Vol. II (of 2) 2011-08-09T02:00:28.197Z If there was forest all around, to condense the vapours rolling over and deposit a heavy dew or grateful rainfall, then they may have found the stubborn earth more fruitful. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z The alkaline fumaroles are still cooler, though above 100�, and evolve ammonium chloride with other vapours. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" 2011-08-15T02:00:28.473Z Pray, cousin, are not vapours a sort of air? The Recruiting Officer 2011-08-10T02:00:18.323Z “If they remain here long the air will be full of pestilential vapours.” Richard Galbraith, Mariner Life among the Kaffirs 2011-08-04T02:00:26.337Z Every night, in that part of the heavens of which we speak, there were innumerable vapours and burning meteors. The Letters of Amerigo Vespucci and other documents illustrative of his career 2011-08-02T02:00:24.457Z In winter the vapours clinging about the clumps of beech freeze to the boughs, forming, not a rime merely, like that seen in the vale, but a kind of ice-casing, while icicles also depend underneath. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z These vapours issued at a temperature of about 400�. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" 2011-08-15T02:00:28.473Z So far as to be troubled neither with spleen, cholic, nor vapours. The Recruiting Officer 2011-08-10T02:00:18.323Z Mere phantoms at first, they assume shape and substance like gathering clouds on the horizon, the mountain chain with deepening contours advancing through the violet and purple vapours of distance. For the Right 2011-08-01T02:00:10.250Z Thick vapours, with fine rain falling, last for three or four hours and then disappear like smoke. The Letters of Amerigo Vespucci and other documents illustrative of his career 2011-08-02T02:00:24.457Z What immense vapours may then arise from the surface of the ocean! Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z The hottest vapours issue from dry fumaroles, at temperatures of at least 500� C., and consist chiefly of anhydrous chlorides, notably sodium chloride. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" 2011-08-15T02:00:28.473Z So when our Druids inspiration sought, They burnt the misletoe to fume around; Th’ inspiring vapours gave a strength to thought, They dealt out lore impressive and profound. Nicotiana Or The Smoker's and Snuff-Taker's Companion 2011-07-29T02:00:29.353Z Gasoline, and other heavy oily vapours are in many stoves first vapourised by a preliminary heating in a chamber before the gas is ignited for use. Inventions in the Century 2011-07-20T02:00:14.643Z The reader knows that gases and vapours, when imprisoned within a narrow space, do struggle as resolutely to escape as did Sterne's starling from his cage. Triumphs of Invention and Discovery in Art and Science 2011-07-19T02:00:21.280Z Was God’s will or His power in fault when the vapours shrouded the blue heaven, and the flowers fell at the breath of the dragon? The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z The little silver skiff glided quietly down the horizon, and misty vapours floated about the youthful pair like a bridal veil. Only a Girl: or, A Physician for the Soul. 2011-07-13T02:00:14.230Z At the bottom of the bay, the superior extent of Swansea lined the shore, backed by an atmosphere of cloudy vapours produced from the numerous furnaces in its neighbourhood. A Tour throughout South Wales and Monmouthshire 2011-07-08T02:00:18.387Z These vapours are then conducted by separate jets to different points in the stove where the heat is to be applied. Inventions in the Century 2011-07-20T02:00:14.643Z It is a throne raised on the breath of pride, on the mists and vapours of a miserable vanity. The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance 2011-07-07T02:00:35.757Z The pretender will no doubt bring us good medicines, and cure us of all our hypochondriac vapours that now make us so giddy. Reasons against the Succession of the House of Hanover with an Enquiry How far the Abdication of King James, supposing it to be Legal, ought to affect the Person of the Pretender 2011-07-07T02:00:26.913Z They were soon landed and mounted, and cantering away through the fog and vapours of the early morning. The Kentuckian in New-York, Volume I (of 2) or, The Adventures of Three Southerns 2011-07-06T02:00:46.297Z Quite enough as it is, Mr Gutzkow; and you are right, being in so gloomy a mood, to run off to the Theatre Français, and try to dissipate your vapours by seeing Rachel in Chimène. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846 2011-06-29T02:00:23.750Z She informed them that storms were necessary to dissipate noxious vapours, and to answer many other purposes, which were not, perhaps, obvious to our weak understandings. Mary Wollstonecraft's Original Stories 2011-06-26T02:00:10.173Z At night, camphor or tar, or naphthaline, or creosote, or even iodine, may be left in the stable to diffuse their vapours; all these measures are very effectual in modifying the air. On the cattle plague: or, Contagious typhus in horned cattle. Its history, origin, description, and treatment 2011-06-24T02:00:18.093Z Aristotle believes it to be a vast mass of arid vapours, which takes fire from a glowing tress, above the region of the ether, and far below that of the planets. Astronomical Myths Based on Flammarions's History of the Heavens 2011-06-24T02:00:15.873Z The biomass is ground up and rapidly heated, and the resultant vapours flow through zeolites, which convert the vapours to benzene, toluene and xylene. Fuel options: The ideal biofuel 2011-06-22T21:50:40.910Z The violet vapours of the dawn rose from the silent streets and disappeared in the pellucid air. Ancient Manners Also Known As Aphrodite 2011-06-13T02:00:23.863Z But why leave out ‘After dark vapours’ and ‘Who loves to peer,’ and above all why the admirable sonnet on 92 Leander? Life of John Keats His Life and Poetry, his Friends, Critics and After-fame 2011-06-10T02:00:19.290Z Vinegar may be spilt on a piece of red-hot iron, or powder of sulphur may be burned into sulphuric gas and diffuse its vapours through the stall or shed. On the cattle plague: or, Contagious typhus in horned cattle. Its history, origin, description, and treatment 2011-06-24T02:00:18.093Z He says, "the larger the mass of water that is spread round the earth, so much more easy is it to conceive how the vapours arising from it are sufficient to nourish the heavenly bodies." Astronomical Myths Based on Flammarions's History of the Heavens 2011-06-24T02:00:15.873Z What! in disobedience to my orders you have slept on the mountain, and imbibed its unwholesome vapours into your blood! The Thousand and One Days A Companion to the 'Arabian Nights' 2011-06-04T02:00:14.880Z Then each fragment began to shimmer with a rosy internal light of its own, until the pile of broken marble glowed like living coals under thickening and reddening vapours. The Slayer Of souls 2011-06-01T02:00:26.487Z Ceaselessly up to thee, white peak of snow, My stormy spirit will in vapours go! The Poems and Prose Poems of Charles Baudelaire with an Introductory Preface by James Huneker 2011-06-01T02:00:22.477Z In some cases aromatic fumigations of sage, rosemary, or mint, boiled in water, are employed, the balsamic vapours which arise therefrom being at once tonic and purifying. On the cattle plague: or, Contagious typhus in horned cattle. Its history, origin, description, and treatment 2011-06-24T02:00:18.093Z When congregated vapours melt in rain, The sky is calm'd, and all's serene again. The Inflexible Captive A Tragedy, in Five Acts 2011-05-31T02:00:32.980Z I cursed the hateful ideas produced by the vapours of this drug, and promised myself that I would amend my ways, and repair, as far as possible, my injustice to my wife. The Thousand and One Days A Companion to the 'Arabian Nights' 2011-06-04T02:00:14.880Z There was nothing, now, on the river or beyond it but the curtain of hanging mist; no sound except the cry of a gull, sharp and querulous in the vapours overhead. The Slayer Of souls 2011-06-01T02:00:26.487Z The snow lingered on the plains and the ice moved slowly from the rivers and chill winds were always blowing and grey vapours hovered over all the land. Canadian Fairy Tales 2011-05-30T02:00:14.087Z The old royal bricks and windows look red and purple in the autumn sunlight, against gold and blue vapours, and with canopies of azure and grey. Old Kensington 2011-05-29T02:00:09.797Z The vapours about his path in life condensed to morning mist, the morning mist to evening clouds, the clouds to showers of rain. Flower, Fruit, and Thorn Pieces; or, the Wedded Life, Death, and Marriage of Firmian Stanislaus Siebenkaes, Parish Advocate in the Burgh of Kuhschnappel. 2011-05-20T02:00:42.297Z At length, my brain becoming overpowered by the vapours of the haschich, the thickening fancies began to chase each other in quick succession, and my imagination at length became morbidly excited. The Thousand and One Days A Companion to the 'Arabian Nights' 2011-06-04T02:00:14.880Z But now, alas! the vapours of earthly passion dimmed its brightness: and it was darkened with human wrath. Rachel Gray 2011-05-20T02:00:39.547Z The part it played as a safety-valve for the pent-up energy beneath was long since finished, although heated vapours still escape from an opening near the summit. North America 2011-05-05T02:00:20.027Z A passing medley of the lights of heaven and earth, of sweet winds and rising vapours.... Old Kensington 2011-05-29T02:00:09.797Z A current of air blows forth continually, whereby the cave is ventilated throughout its entire length, and the visitor, safe from stagnant damps and stifling vapours, breathes freely in a pure atmosphere. A Month in Yorkshire 2011-04-24T02:00:10.977Z This has been called anomalous dispersion, and similar effects have been observed in iodine and sodium vapours, and in solutions of colours derived from aniline which exhibit surface colour. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde 2011-04-14T02:00:57.977Z Ejector, in mechanical engineering, an appliance for ejecting gases, vapours, or liquids from closed spaces by the use of another gas, vapour, or liquid at a higher pressure. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura 2011-04-14T02:00:56.200Z The white clouds had disappeared; the moon-beams having dissolved them into transparent vapours. Ekkehard. Vol. II (of II). A Tale of the Tenth Century 2011-04-14T02:00:45.217Z For example, Bertaut had written, wishing to explain his tears: By the hydraulic of mine eyes The humid vapours of my grief are drawn Through vacuums of my sighs. Aspects and Impressions 2011-04-12T02:00:22.073Z There appears to be some prospect of light being thrown on the question of molecular structure by experiments on the fluorescence of vapours. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" 2011-04-03T02:00:20.883Z The eyes lifted to the shivering vapours might never have reflected aught but a tropical sunshine, so warm, so bright, so languorously calm were they. The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains 2011-03-22T02:00:18.637Z It still sends forth such noxious vapours that no bird can fly across it and live, and dead bodies of small animals are constantly found along its shores. Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 2011-03-20T02:00:26.607Z He’s a med’cine for Ireland, in portable papers; The infallible cure for political vapours; A neat label round it his ’prentices tie— ‘Put your trust in the Lord, and keep this powder dry!’ The Poems and Verses of Charles Dickens 2011-03-11T03:00:15.587Z What is life? the absorption of vapours mephitic, The bursting of sunlight on senses and brain. Riding Recollections, 5th ed. 2011-03-10T03:00:52.223Z Meat which has been exposed to the vapours of formaldehyde, and has thus been superficially sterilized, is also coming into commerce in increasing quantities. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" 2011-04-03T02:00:20.883Z Once more she lifted her bright eyes to the shivering vapours—vague, mysterious, veiling in solemn silence the barren, awful heights. The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains 2011-03-22T02:00:18.637Z The sheds were covered externally with “felt” material to prevent leakage of the vapours, and a very dense smoke was obtained. The Preparation of Plantation Rubber 2011-03-09T03:00:40.870Z But the fairy-land melted away all at once, like a mirage in the desert; like the last scene in a pantomime, the rosy and cerulean lights went out in foul sulphurous vapours. The Doctor's Wife 2011-03-06T03:00:18.770Z Away shadows of the future—smoke and vapours of the pit! The Tenants of Malory Volume 1 of 3 2011-03-04T03:01:04.443Z No water would be visible because all the water there was would still be superheated steam in a stormy atmosphere of sulphurous and metallic vapours. A Short History of the World 2011-03-04T03:01:03.147Z Outside were the ghostly vapours, white and visible in the light from within. The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains 2011-03-22T02:00:18.637Z A duct led from the back of the machine into the curing-shed, where the vapours were distributed through perforations in the pipe. The Preparation of Plantation Rubber 2011-03-09T03:00:40.870Z A full moon had risen, veiled by vapours until they drifted by and revealed all her pale light in a sky that was still faintly blue, with here and there a star. From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917 2011-03-04T03:01:00.007Z Upon Mount Vesuvius, in the year 1766, during an eruption, when the air was impregnated with noxious vapours, I have myself picked up dead birds frequently. Observations on Mount Vesuvius, Mount Etna, and Other Volcanos 2011-03-02T03:00:27.050Z Without that philosophy, it is impossible for the world not to seem at times as it did to the desponding Danish prince, "a sterile promontory," and a "foul and pestilent congregation of vapours." My Unknown Chum 2011-03-01T03:00:38.307Z The scene that she had left was still vivid in her mind, and she looked back once at the lucent yellow square of the lighted window gleaming through the white vapours. The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains 2011-03-22T02:00:18.637Z The principle of the process was the treatment of coagulum, in either sheet or thick crepe form, with vapours produced by the volatilisation of two special fluids. The Preparation of Plantation Rubber 2011-03-09T03:00:40.870Z The use of “humour” and “vapours,” though at first brilliant and captivating, even becomes artificial and tedious; no one is the embodiment of one passion or weakness. Philip Massinger 2011-02-25T03:01:15.270Z In several parts of the outside cone, this calcining operation is still carried on, by the exhalation of constant very hot and damp vapours, impregnated with salts, sulphur, alum, &c. Observations on Mount Vesuvius, Mount Etna, and Other Volcanos 2011-03-02T03:00:27.050Z Noxious vapours arise during the night, and the people die from fever. The Highlands of Ethiopia 2011-02-25T03:01:07.193Z A pale evening star rose in the east where warm vapours were swimming in a silent sea. The Plowshare and the Sword A Tale of Old Quebec 2011-02-24T03:01:05.143Z At the forest side a roughly-cut aperture did duty for a window, where a cloth was stretched across at night, to exclude, as far as possible, the noxious vapours and the no less unpleasant insects. Menotah A Tale of the Riel Rebellion 2011-02-14T03:00:35.553Z It was here she had, all insensibly, absorbed those heavy vapours that formed the background of her being, a permanent sombre canvas behind all the iridescent colours of joyous emotion. The Grandchildren of the Ghetto 2011-02-12T03:00:35.663Z Everywhere the mist was turning golden; faint smears of blue appeared and disappeared through the vapours passing overhead. The Streets of Ascalon Episodes in the Unfinished Career of Richard Quarren, Esqre. 2011-02-12T03:00:30.987Z Doth the bright sun from the high arch of heaven, In all his beauteous robes of flecker'd clouds, And ruddy vapours, and deep glowing flames, And softly varied shades, look gloriously? Sketches in Canada, and rambles among the red men 2011-02-10T03:00:51.280Z The fires blazed fiercely, the smoke and hot vapours being drawn upwards into the natural chimneys. The Plowshare and the Sword A Tale of Old Quebec 2011-02-24T03:01:05.143Z By them was made the capital discovery that the red solar prominences give a spectrum of bright lines, and are therefore immense masses of incandescent gases, chiefly hydrogen and the vapours of calcium and helium. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 10 "Echinoderma" to "Edward" 2011-01-19T03:00:19.027Z What shifting of vapours and clouds, what flashes of bright sun-gleams, then twilight at midday! The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries 2011-01-06T03:00:47.543Z But on the side towards Paris the high road formed a sheer descending line, and the meadows lost themselves in the distance under the vapours of the night. Sentimental Education Vol 1 2011-01-04T03:01:07.467Z Even the vapours rising from the gutters, now running again, gave an inkling of greening meadows and bursting boughs. The Song of Songs 2011-01-01T03:00:25.907Z At first it seems inconceivable how they should obtain nourishment; but the vapours are collected by the hills above, and trickle down in streams to their roots. Lachesis Lapponica A Tour in Lapland, Volume 1 2010-12-31T03:00:11.350Z His person was that of a young man, whose noble and regular features seemed to have been tarnished by malignant vapours. Shorter Novels, Eighteenth Century The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia; The Castle of Otranto, a Gothic Story; Vathek, an Arabian Tale 2010-12-29T03:00:31.850Z I for one expected that his next book would rise like a star above the vapours where we others let off our little six-shilling crackers ... but his body seemed a mere flouting of the years. The Tower of Oblivion 2010-12-20T17:11:53.787Z The sun rose; light vapours passed over the river. Sentimental Education Vol 1 2011-01-04T03:01:07.467Z She breathed in the fragrance of the laurels and strawberries and inhaled the olive vapours, which, at the sounding of the Angelus, ascended heavenward in blue pillars, like the offerings of a prayer. The Song of Songs 2011-01-01T03:00:25.907Z These clouds, or vapours, at length gradually subsided. Lachesis Lapponica A Tour in Lapland, Volume 1 2010-12-31T03:00:11.350Z They listened, but perceived no farther noise: they both concluded it the effect of pent-up vapours. Shorter Novels, Eighteenth Century The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia; The Castle of Otranto, a Gothic Story; Vathek, an Arabian Tale 2010-12-29T03:00:31.850Z Most air-conditioners using refrigerants consume lots of electricity because they employ mechanical compressors, which are piston-like machinery that squeeze the heated vapours. Air-conditioning: Keeping cool and green 2010-07-15T10:43:00Z A South Wales Fire and Rescue Service report said the fire was caused by "the deliberate ignition of petrol vapours by Mr Flood". Husband died setting fire to home 2010-03-20T13:37:00Z The fields still sent up yellowish-red vapours to meet the climbing sun, whose effulgence hung coldly, almost indifferently, over the earth begging for light. The Song of Songs 2011-01-01T03:00:25.907Z Its purport is that glowing vapours similarly circumstanced absorb the identical radiations which they emit. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" For all vapours, when they begin to condense and coalesce into small parcels, become first of that bigness whereby such an azure is reflected, before they can constitute clouds of other colours. The Glaciers of the Alps Being a narrative of excursions and ascents, etc. Then a salty solution, commonly containing lithium bromide, absorbs the refrigerant vapours. Air-conditioning: Keeping cool and green 2010-07-15T10:43:00Z The dank vapours of Covent Garden are sweet in the nostrils of many a cockney reveller. A Cursory History of Swearing On the pond, where the reeds rose up over night, pushed by underground powers, lay sunlit vapours, which gradually lifted and ascended heavenward. The Song of Songs 2011-01-01T03:00:25.907Z The surrounding marshes infect the air with pestilential vapours, and when the river overflows its banks, the country all around becomes one immense sheet of water. A Lady's Captivity among Chinese Pirates in the Chinese Seas I therefore endeavoured to fill the gap, and to do for gases and vapours what had been already so ably done for liquids and solids by Melloni. The Glaciers of the Alps Being a narrative of excursions and ascents, etc. The watery vapours welled and whirled all around him. The Undying Past Revenge had for a moment been clouded by grief, and the talismanic influence of the name of the destroyer drew aside the vapours, and exposed again the fiery sun of their resentment. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 8 Violet vapours closed down, enveloping things far and near. The Song of Songs 2011-01-01T03:00:25.907Z The name signifies the Mountain of Smoke; for this great chimney, though ever pouring forth dark vapours, has not often been known to kindle into flames. Calavar or The Knight of The Conquest, A Romance of Mexico The paroxysm may be relieved by opiates, or the inhalation, under due precaution, of an�sthetic vapours. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli Through the broken vapours a rim of sun showed on the horizon; and there full west beat a tall three-master; a second was standing nearer; of a third a sway of mist withheld certainty. The Unknown Sea But the odour of musk, mingling with the carbolic vapours, filled the room like some heavy, tangible body, weighed on my brow and seemed to crush my temples. The Wish A Novel He had spoken of blue olive vapours—the sea blackened by the breath of the sirocco—and shining meadows of asphodel. The Song of Songs 2011-01-01T03:00:25.907Z The sun had not yet set, when the ray, stealing through the vapours that gathered among the distant peaks, beheld the se�or Cortes and his little army crossing the River of Canoes. Calavar or The Knight of The Conquest, A Romance of Mexico An�ilism, aniline poisoning, a name given to the aggregate of symptoms which often show themselves in those employed in aniline works, resulting from the inhalation of aniline vapours. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli Under similar conditions, the molecular weights of different substances have therefore the same ratio as the weights of equal volumes of their vapours. The Mechanism of Life The carbolic vapours which rose from the bowl before me began to make my head ache. The Wish A Novel "She declares that she is growing old and shivery, and the bright flames chase the vapours from her mind." Glories of Spain If thou wilt look to the other three streets," said Cortes, knitting his brows, and scowling around him, "thou wilt see other such vapours gathering about us. Calavar or The Knight of The Conquest, A Romance of Mexico And just as light does not remain in the air above vapours and effluvia, and is not reflected from those spaces, so neither is the magnetick ray held in air or water. On the magnet, magnetick bodies also, and on the great magnet the earth a new physiology, demonstrated by many arguments & experiments It was good to feel the vapours of the market-place leaving his lungs and brain. The Guarded Heights My brain was burning with the carbolic vapours which rose up from the bowl in front of me. The Wish A Novel The snow-clad hills are the most distinctive feature, here and there rising in overpowering masses wreathed in fantastic vapours. Glories of Spain The dark elves of Saxon days have well-nigh vanished with the bogs and marshes and the death-like vapours which gave them birth. The Old English Herbals The humours proceed from vapours sublimated from great depths; all waters are extracts and, as it were, exudations from the earth. On the magnet, magnetick bodies also, and on the great magnet the earth a new physiology, demonstrated by many arguments & experiments A rising shower blackened the western hemisphere; the dark vapours ascended in folding ridges, and the thunder rolled at a distance. Alida or, Miscellaneous Sketches of Incidents During the Late American War. Founded on Fact The last gleam of daylight was vanishing, and veiled in bluish vapours the autumn night sank down upon the earth. The Wish A Novel The vapours evolved during carbonization are condensed in vertical air condensers. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" What Goldoni had to endure from this gens irritabilis, from their rancour, vapours, caprices, stolid and open opposition to his reform, is told with much good nature and sense of fun in his Memoirs. The Comedies of Carlo Goldoni edited with an introduction by Helen Zimmern But neither is there that origination of the motion by the vapours, and the turning of them back, which opinion of Epicurus has so often been quoted by others. On the magnet, magnetick bodies also, and on the great magnet the earth a new physiology, demonstrated by many arguments & experiments From this place, a distance of three miles, they could already see the rising vapours of the falls. Alida or, Miscellaneous Sketches of Incidents During the Late American War. Founded on Fact “And me!” muttered Ferez, shivering in the windy vapours from the Black Sea, which already dampened his face with their creeping summer chill. The Moonlit Way Even much more time and labour may be spent upon analysing the vapours and gases of fumaroles and salfatares than the results can now justify. The Eruption of Vesuvius in 1872 You know women are subject to vapours and nervous attacks. The Comedies of Carlo Goldoni edited with an introduction by Helen Zimmern Where are ye, sirs, For ye are hid with vapours? Mosada A dramatic poem A rising shower blackened the western hemisphere; the dark vapours ascended in folding ridges, and the thunder rolled at a distance. Alida or, Miscellaneous Sketches of Incidents During the Late American War. Founded on Fact Every day a new sun is formed out of the vapours of the sea. A Critical History of Greek Philosophy Others contained lavas changed by the action of the acid vapours near the craters. The Eruption of Vesuvius in 1872 Nevertheless it is a fact that gases can slowly get through to the other side, and in the case of certain vapours the process is far more rapid than any one would think possible. Soap-Bubbles and the Forces Which Mould Them The clouds are driven against the lofty mountains that overhang the western and southern coasts, and their condensed vapours descend there in copious showers. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" From this place, a distance of three miles, they could already see the rising vapours of the falls. Alida or, Miscellaneous Sketches of Incidents During the Late American War. Founded on Fact For the fire of the sun burns itself out and is replenished from the vapours of the sea. A Critical History of Greek Philosophy You will never forget the dream,—never; but it will lift at last, like those vapours of spring which lend preternatural loveliness to a Japanese landscape in the forenoon of radiant days. Lafcadio Hearn Above these springs, thick vapours, collecting in the air, condense into white clouds. Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6 Volume 2 The removal of sulphur compounds is a matter of importance, because when gas is burnt these compounds give rise to acid vapours, which are deleterious to health and destructive to property. Coal and What We Get from It From this place, a distance of three miles, we could already see the rising vapours of the falls. Alida or, Miscellaneous Sketches of Incidents During the Late American War. Founded on Fact Mists were rising in the meadows, but these thin vapours are only visible in front and behind, and never in the small space which a person occupies standing, or walking. Joseph in the Snow, and The Clockmaker In Three Volumes. Vol. II. Ambition fires ambition; love of gain Strikes, like a pestilence, from breast to breast; Riot, pride, perfidy, blue vapours breathe; 157 And inhumanity is caught from man, From smiling man. Young's Night Thoughts With Life, Critical Dissertation and Explanatory Notes The people attached to the embassy told us that when there is any wind, the vapours are scarcely perceptible, but that they are very dangerous when the weather is calm and serene. Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6 Volume 2 The separation by this process is not absolute, because compounds boiling at a certain temperature have a tendency to bring over with them the vapours of other compounds which boil at a higher temperature. Coal and What We Get from It To extract the camphor, chips of the tree are steamed, and the mixed vapours of camphor, volatile oils and water are conducted to a condensing plant, where most of the camphor separates out. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" This would account for an increase of S, and a diminution of the ratio S/s, with rise of temperature which apparently occurs in many vapours. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 1 "Calhoun" to "Camoens" The sun has sunk beneath the ridge of black rocks, and in the brief gloaming the miasmatic vapours seem to roll up thicker than before. Haviland's Chum The pestilential vapours themselves would appear to be nothing more than carbonic acid gas. Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6 Volume 2 The portion of atmosphere above us was entirely free from the vapours which the lower strata always contain, and was truly the 'pure empyreal,' seldom seen by mortal eyes. Narrative of a Journey to the Summit of Mont Blanc Signs of volcanic activity abound in the shape of solfataras, subterranean vapours and hot springs; while in the south is the greatest natural curiosity, the renowned Boiling Lake. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" The vapours pass between the inner and outer tubes. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth" Diffusion of gases may be shown to exist by taking glass jars containing vapours of hydrochloric acid and ammonia, and placing them in communication with the heavier gas downmost. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 4 "Diameter" to "Dinarchus" Soon we discovered, far before us, quite in the horizon, what seemed a broad silver riband, above which floated light vapours that, rising, became lost in the azure of the heavens. Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6 Volume 2 Damp mists arose, charged with all the deadly vapours of the spot; foul airs steamed from the hot earth, to mingle with his blood, and thicken and corrupt it. Gerald Fitzgerald The Chevalier If a taper be held to the mouth of the bottle, these vapours will inflame and produce a violent explosion, which may be repeated as long as the vapours continue. Endless Amusement A Collection of Nearly 400 Entertaining Experiments One of the earliest red-hot tube syntheses of importance was the formation of naphthalene from a mixture of alcohol and ether vapours. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth" This moving mountain of vapours, which was approaching the Douvres, was one of those clouds which might be called the clouds of battle. Toilers of the Sea The two seemed as if suspended, struggling like impaled insects, the one in the midst, the other near the edge, of a watery pit walled in by vapours. The Destroying Angel But upon the forests of Lebanon there hung a mighty mass of overshadowing vapours, bequeathed by the morning's storm. A Century of English Essays An Anthology Ranging from Caxton to R. L. Stevenson & the Writers of Our Own Time A violent commotion will then take place, and white vapours will arise from the mixture. Endless Amusement A Collection of Nearly 400 Entertaining Experiments Apparatus can also be constructed in which the unchanged vapours are continually circulated through the tube. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth" She saw frightful things, with blue vapours round them, and felt the sharp rocks and the slimy backs of frogs and snakes. The Irish Fairy Book This meteor was by some supposed to be a spirit; and by others “an exhalation of moyst vapours, that are ingendered by foul and tempestuous weather.” Folk-lore of Shakespeare And the evangelist, pitying her sorrow, turned away her eyes to the clear blue sky, which the departing vapours had exposed. A Century of English Essays An Anthology Ranging from Caxton to R. L. Stevenson & the Writers of Our Own Time ‘Outside London’ breathes thick and heavy with the vapours of gutterdom. Songs of the Army of the Night It is invariably provided with an opening to carry off the vapours produced. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth" It has the opaque glamour that comes from the dense vapours rising from a marsh, the tangible beauty of a giant curtain rather than the far glories of miles of ambient mountain air. Command The vapours given off by the charring of the surface cannot freely escape, and the meat is cooked in an atmosphere charged with empyreumatic oil. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 3 "Convention" to "Copyright" Cheering thoughts passed through his mind, in rapid succession, like bright vapours flying under the blue vault of heaven. The Banished A Swabian Historical Tale. In Three Volumes. The sulphureous vapours arising from it infect the air with pestilence. Tales from the German Comprising specimens from the most celebrated authors By an arrangement of diaphragms in the lower trough the vapours are circulated through the system. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth" The strength of the wind keeps the upper vapours moving, but ever there are new banks to close up where a glimpse of clear vision shows a 'pocket' in the clouds. Merchantmen-at-arms : the British merchants' service in the war The dry way is best; the wet way is only employed when fuel is very dear, or when it is absolutely necessary that no noxious vapours should escape into the atmosphere. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 3 "Convention" to "Copyright" A curious white mass, which we found near the summit, proved to be the result of the decomposition of lava by hot acid vapours. Etna A History of the Mountain and of its Eruptions Hot vapours soon threatened to suffocate him; and then, presently, the candles flickered in the cutting draughts of cold air that blew in the lower levels. The Serapion Brethren, Vol. I. The vapours rising from the still traverse a tall vertical column, and are then conveyed through a series of bulbs placed in a bath kept at the boiling-point of the most volatile constituent. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth" Daybreak comes with the thin vapours of settled weather that may turn to a helpful haze under the warm sun. Merchantmen-at-arms : the British merchants' service in the war The vapours pass into a cooler, and from this the distillate runs through an apparatus, where the liquor can be seen and tested, into the receivers. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" Then again he sees, passing along, files of little pages carrying dishes enveloped in tempting vapours, and with them he enters the great hall now prepared for the feast. Devil Stories An Anthology Then the chords grew stronger, and rushed louder and louder; and glowing vapours seemed to rise round the assemblage, whilst forms as of voluptuous love-passion glowed in the opened Eden of the pleasures of sense. The Serapion Brethren, Vol. I. The apparatus consists of three parts:—the “retort” or “still,” in which the substance is heated; the “condenser,” in which the vapours are condensed; and the “receiver,” in which the condensed vapours are collected. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth" A smoke-screen is set up for our benefit, and we turn and twist in the artificially produced fumes and vapours in a practical demonstration of defence. Merchantmen-at-arms : the British merchants' service in the war The steam acts both by stirring up the tar and by rapidly carrying off the vapours formed in distillation. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" Mr. Spectator, you are sensible these pretty gentlemen are not made for any manly employments, and for want of business are often as much in the vapours as the ladies. The Art of Needle-work, from the Earliest Ages, 3rd ed. Including Some Notices of the Ancient Historical Tapestries Then the vapours thicken; then, too, behind them, and slowly, the night falls. The Hills and the Vale The distilling flask has an elongated neck so that the less volatile vapours are condensed and return to the flask, while the more volatile component passes over. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth" Those “On a Picture of Leander,” and “On the Sea,” and the one which begins “After dark vapours have oppressed our plains,” rank among the best of his juvenile productions. Life of John Keats The vapours coming from the still are condensed in coolers of various shapes, one of which is shown in figs. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" May it consume all the noxious vapours that infest such regions—and purify the atmosphere—till the air breathed there be the breath of life. Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) For what is material force compared with moral force? what are gases, and vapours, and elements, compared with souls and the eternity for which they are preparing? Kept for the Master's Use Sidney Young has suggested conducting the operation in a current of carbon dioxide which sweeps out the vapours as they are evolved, and also heating in a vapour bath, e.g. of sulphur. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth" The fine dust, blown high into the air by the explosive force of the gases and vapours, is often carried to great distances by the prevalent winds. Volcanoes: Past and Present Oppressed by the sight of the black heavens, she yet trembled to look for the first glimpse of dawn, which might be soon expected to be seen struggling through the vapours of the storm. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume III Then the sun rose, pierced a gap in these d�bris of vapours, and displayed an inconsiderable islet, flat as a plate upon the sea, and spiked with palms of disproportioned altitude. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 18 (of 25) The stars were as bright, the sky as clear, the sea as smooth; but when the sun had gone, damp vapours came and left the deck chill and clammy to the touch.... The Brassbounder A Tale of the Sea The more volatile vapours pass over to the condensing plant, while the less volatile ones condense in the bulbs and are returned to the column at varying heights by means of connecting tubes. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth" From the summit issue forth sulphurous vapours, but no flame. Volcanoes: Past and Present White vapours, rising from the earth, gave our postillions a fantastic appearance; one might have mistaken them for black shadows of gigantic proportions, mounted upon transparent and microscopic horses. Celebrated Women Travellers of the Nineteenth Century The dews of spring fall, summer's vapours fade away, and it is the pure atmosphere of autumn which clearly reveals the distant landscape, and then finally earthly existence is swallowed in the night of winter. Weird Tales. Vol. I In the south-west, however, towards the Auchtermaunshohe, a brisk west wind carried before it their transparent vapours, which were not yet condensed into thick heavy clouds. Apparitions; or, The Mystery of Ghosts, Hobgoblins, and Haunted Houses Developed If the vapours be sparingly soluble in the liquids there will exist a mixture having a greater vapour pressure than that of any other mixture. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth" Laplace is due the theoretical proof that this function is independent of temperature and pressure, and apparent experimental confirmation was provided by Biot and Arago’s, and by Dulong’s observations on gases and vapours. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 1 "Châtelet" to "Chicago" My heart, oppressed, felt its influence, as my gaze rested upon the Swiss plain half hidden in the mists of the surrounding mountains, which were bathed in golden vapours. Celebrated Women Travellers of the Nineteenth Century Although it was not raining, moisture seemed to drip from everything, and vapours from the ground, mixing with the fog overhead, almost obscured the hard-working moon. "And they thought we wouldn't fight" Next day the bangle was black, and Mrs. Evelegh lamented that her inner self must be suffering from an attack of evil vapours. Miss Cayley's Adventures Dry Distillation.—In this process the substance operated upon is invariably a solid, the vapours being condensed and collected as in the other methods. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth" The nitrous acid passes over in form of red vapours surcharged with nitrous gas, or, in other words, not saturated with oxygen. Elements of Chemistry, In a New Systematic Order, Containing all the Modern Discoveries In an interval of vapours he would be extremely pleasant, and raise laughter in any company. Calamities and Quarrels of Authors When I got to the beach, I found the barometer was below 29�, the wind still in the east and steady, but a huge offensive continent of clouds and vapours forming to leeward. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 25 (of 25) In hilly countries, on the contrary, clouds and vapours rest on the summits without descending into the plains, and, according to some, the hills attract electricity from the clouds, and thus occasion rain to fall. The Rain Cloud or, An Account of the Nature, Properties, Dangers and Uses of Rain in Various Parts of the World It consists of a vertical column divided into a number of sections by horizontal plates, which are perforated so that the ascending vapours have to traverse a layer of liquid. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth" As, in almost all distillations, expansive vapours are produced, which might burst the vessels employed, we are under the necessity of having a small hole, T, Fig. Elements of Chemistry, In a New Systematic Order, Containing all the Modern Discoveries Here it undergoes drying and partial decomposition, giving off offensive empyreumatic vapours which pass into the flue without being exposed to sufficient heat to render them entirely inoffensive. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 2 "Demijohn" to "Destructor" A sadder sweetness than before Shook her pale, smiling lips; She waved adieu through vapours hoar, And vanished in the shadows frore Among the heedless ships ... Ioläus The man that was a ghost It appeared motionless all the time that the phenomenon lasted; but the vapours of which it was composed, were projected momentarily from different sides, by the effect of successive explosions. The Rain Cloud or, An Account of the Nature, Properties, Dangers and Uses of Rain in Various Parts of the World The water, moreover, till it is saturated with gases, readily absorbs noxious vapours to which it may be exposed. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth" In this case, the vapours escape through such opening as is left, and at least as much is evaporated, frequently more than when free access is allowed to the external air. Elements of Chemistry, In a New Systematic Order, Containing all the Modern Discoveries In a battery of cells the gases from each are delivered into one main flue, so that a uniform temperature is maintained therein sufficiently high to prevent noxious vapours from reaching the chimney. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 2 "Demijohn" to "Destructor" O revere Those sacred gifts whose meed is deathless praise, Whose potent charm the enraptured soul can raise Far from the vapours of this earthly sphere, Seize, seize the lyre, resume the lofty strain. A Book of Sibyls Miss Barbauld, Miss Edgeworth, Mrs Opie, Miss Austen The one blazes naked in a brazen sky; the other is tempered by vapours of sentiment. A Modern Symposium The vapours pass through the inner tube, and the cold water enters at the end farthest from the distilling flask. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth" As soon as the sun had climbed above our girdle of trees, it fell with all its force upon the clearing, and drank up the vapours at a draught. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson Swanston Edition Vol. 6 (of 25) Hushed gasps permeate the solemn air As coral Twilight flaunts its sheen, And vapours wreath phantastic forms Till vaulted domes glow like the noon. Betelguese A Trip Through Hell This, and the vapours, the result of the day's heat, which began to rise in the hollows and low grounds, the Mochuelo contemplated with much satisfaction. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 367, May 1846 The atmosphere is burdened with heavy and sultry vapours. Adventures in the Philippine Islands A more general designation is “pyrogenic processes,” which also includes such operations as leading vapours through red-hot tubes and condensing the products. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth" Fetid vapours, which almost took away his breath, ascended from it. The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, September 1879 And as I list to aspen cries, Veiled augueries in vapours hie And spell these tokens to each Inn: Kingdoms, empires, nations, souls, Shall miss the haunts of Paradise, And in Subjection, crumbling, lie. Betelguese A Trip Through Hell Then, high over the shore mists and dimly visible through rising vapours, came speeding a colossal phantom. The Crimson Tide A Novel At the close of 1859, there came the discoveries of Kirchhoff, proving the existence of various metallic vapours in the Sun's atmosphere. Essays: Scientific, Political, & Speculative, Vol. I It purifies it by distillation, when it raises it in vapours, and lets it fall in rain; and farther still by filtration, when, keeping it fluid, it suffers that rain to percolate the earth. Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air Forthwith, there issued from an inner apartment a man of low stature, but bulky frame, with shaggy hair hanging about his visage, which was grimed with the vapours of the furnace. Masterpieces of Mystery Riddle Stories And labyrinths of Horror's Home, 'Mid vapours green and aisles unsunned, Provoke each cursing mattoid's fold Until the night is changed to noon By cowled magicians on a dome. Betelguese A Trip Through Hell They tell me that vapours rise up from the land and lie above it like a cloud. The House Under the Sea A Romance Once more, it would ordinarily happen that detached swarms of meteors projected as implied, would carry with them masses of vapours and gases; whence would result the cometic constitution now insisted on. Essays: Scientific, Political, & Speculative, Vol. I Antiseptic fumigations and vapours have been long employed, and much extolled in cases of this kind. Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air The stony, brown, and barren plain, the gloomy confines of the wood, the vapours of the boggy soil, united to create an earthly paradise. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 350, December 1844 Reardon would blow such vapours away with a breath of his bluff voice. The Prisoner And we pulled from it reluctantly out into the broad sea, and breathed a full breath as we left its vapours and its fetid shores. The House Under the Sea A Romance Everywhere throughout the atmosphere of metallic vapours which clothes the solar surface, there must be ascending and descending currents. Essays: Scientific, Political, & Speculative, Vol. I In a preceding page a brief account was given of the theory that gases and vapours are in ceaseless motion. Little Masterpieces of Science: Invention and Discovery The low-lying meadows breathed out their thin vapours, the more distant ponds were enveloped in mist, and the grey shadows vanished by degrees from hill and thicket. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 350, December 1844 Let our dull, sluggish countrymen at home Still creep around their little isle of fogs, Drink its dank vapours, and then hang themselves. The Indian Princess La Belle Sauvage The vapours arise quite suddenly; we ring the alarm-bell to send the people to the ships. The House Under the Sea A Romance I am very happy to find you home;—I was almost eat up with the vapours before I saw you. The Politician Out-Witted Keep a stout heart and let the light of hope vanquish the vapours and fogs. Cleo The Magnificent Or, the Muse of the Real High it soars and higher, Like some great pyramid o'er Nilus kenned When vapours melt—the Apostolic Chair! Legends of the Saxon Saints Too much Bordeaux," he continued, with careless contempt, "gives me the vapours next day. The Wild Geese The vapours still lay thick upon Ken's Island, but the wind was driving them, and they rolled away in misty clouds westward to the dark horizon. The House Under the Sea A Romance Sulphur burnt for the same purpose, has the power of overcoming the effects of noxious vapours. The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families That, too, had now leapt up, had burnt away all the vapours and purged his spirit; that, too, sang and joined in the universal chant. Cleo The Magnificent Or, the Muse of the Real The moon had not long risen and shone very large and low in the east, burning dimly and red through the heat haze and vapours from the Thames. Daisy's Aunt The sky, from the eastern horizon to the zenith––and that was all that Dave Patton had eyes for––was filled with a celestial rabble of rose-pink vapours, thin aërial wisps of almost unimaginable colour. The Backwoodsmen Crimson clouds fumed about the west, and as night came on, all the sky was fuming and steaming, and the moon, far above the swiftness of vapours, was white, bleared, the night was uneasy. The Rainbow The smell of garlic is an infallible remedy against the vapours, faintings, and other hysteric affections. The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families I shiver, Spirit fierce and bold, At thoughts of what I now behold: p. 279As vapours breathed from dungeons cold Strike pleasure dead, So sadness comes from out the mould Where Burns is laid. Recollections of a Tour Made in Scotland A.D. 1803 He denies the middle Region of the Air to be cold; and believes that cold is not necessary to condense the vapours into Water. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society - Vol 1 - 1666 Giving some Accompt of the present Undertakings, Studies, and Labours of the Ingenious in many considerable parts of the World The air grew thick with vapours, and lightning cleft the hills. Operas Every Child Should Know Descriptions of the Text and Music of Some of the Most Famous Masterpieces The autumn haze had come early this season, and the moon was misty, veiled with white amid a jumble of soft floating vapours in the sky. The Marriage of Elinor This would expel any noxious vapours, and promote the health of the family. The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families No common clouds, from streams exhal'd, she knew; Nor misty vapours from the humid earth. The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II The light is sufficient, indeed, to render these earth-born vapours more visible: it is not sufficient to dispel them. Pioneers of Science But in the very centre of Amida, under the citadel, there rises a rich spring of water, drinkable indeed, but often tainted with hot vapours. The Roman History of Ammianus Marcellinus During the Reigns of the Emperors Constantius, Julian, Jovianus, Valentinian, and Valens His long want of sleep, and the thick vapours which exhaled from that marshy place, together with the unhealthiness of the season, cost him one of his eyes. The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians and Grecians (Vol. 1 of 6) They are not, however, confined to the plains, but of course are more prevalent where marshes, stagnant waters, and rank vegetation engender vapours rising in the summer. Rambles in the Islands of Corsica and Sardinia with Notices of their History, Antiquities, and Present Condition. There was a full length portrait on the canvas, painted in brilliant colours, of a woman standing before an urn from which vague vapours were arising. The Rival Campers Ashore The Mystery of the Mill The latter are usually found in the vicinity of sun-spots, and, besides hydrogen, contain the vapours of various metals. The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost' The air, too, seems just now unusually still and heavy here—for the evening is at hand, and the vapours are rising in the wood. Rambles Beyond Railways; or, Notes in Cornwall taken A-foot The atmosphere was perfectly still and free from all clouds or vapours. The Beauties of Nature and the Wonders of the World We Live In The real existence of this atmosphere, which is totally distinct from the beds of ignited vapours producing the Fraunhofer lines, is not open to doubt, although its nature is still a matter of conjecture. A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition She held in one hand a wand, with which she seemed in the act of conjuring forth a shadowy figure from within the vapours. The Rival Campers Ashore The Mystery of the Mill Spots of this size are visible to the naked eye when the Sun is partially obscured by fog, or when his brilliancy is diminished by vapours near the horizon. The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost' The sun sunk in fleecy golden vapours behind it. Alonzo and Melissa The Unfeeling Father In the parching heat of the summer months the mud blackens, cracks, and exhales miasmic vapours, so that a long acclimatization, like that of the Arabs, is necessary before one can live in the region. A History of Art in Chaldæa & Assyria, v. 1 Some held that its surface was depressed below the average cloud-level, and that the cavity was filled with vapours. A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition Here the sun melts, there vapours damp your force, Between the two extremes direct your course. Supplement to Punch, or the London Charivari, September 16, 1914 The New Rake's Progress: Cartoons from "Punch" Illustrating the Kaiser's Career, 1888-1914 The photosphere consists of gaseous vapours or clouds, of irregular form and size, separated by less brilliant interstices, and glowing white with the heat derived from the interior of the Sun. The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost' There they enjoy some rest, the mosquitos appearing to shun air loaded with vapours. The Plant Hunters Adventures Among the Himalaya Mountains It is, however, very probable that the astronomers availed themselves of such a height above the plain in order to escape from floating vapours and to gain a wider horizon. A History of Art in Chaldæa & Assyria, v. 1 They implied not only the presence near the sun, as glowing vapours, of bodies highly refractory to heat, but that these glowing vapours formed the relatively cool envelope of a still hotter internal mass. A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition Day would soon break, but the freshness of the night, which always increases an hour or two before sunrise, had condensed more and more the vapours which rose from the water. Wood Rangers The Trappers of Sonora The vapours of iron, sodium, magnesium, and other metals, are indicated as existing in small quantities. The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost' The sky was a driving hurry of muddy vapours. The Dop Doctor And from the curiously shaped smoke stack in the flat roof, the same differently tinted vapours which he had noticed on the same occasion were curling up above the elms and beeches. The Chestermarke Instinct But gases and vapours rendered luminous by heat emit rays of only a few tints, which accordingly form an interrupted spectrum, usually designated as one of lines or bands. A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition It was then dark, and when he arrived at the rock, the damp vapours from the lake enveloped with a thick veil both the valley and the tomb. Wood Rangers The Trappers of Sonora Some of the workmen attempted to reach the scene of the fire, but were driven back by the dense and suffocating smoke, impregnated with vapours. The Mines and its Wonders It was January, the London January of whirling dust clouds below, and racing, murky vapours above. The Dop Doctor And little by little the clouds slipped lower, the whole mountain range of hills stepped forth from the vapours, with its great peaceful life and strength. The Spirit of Rome A "reversing layer," or stratum of mixed vapours, glowing, but at a lower temperature than that of the actual solar surface, was an integral part of Kirchhoff's theory of the production of the Fraunhofer lines. A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition It resembled one of the fairies in the old legends of the north, which to the eye of the Scandinavian idolaters floated amidst vapours and mists. Wood Rangers The Trappers of Sonora In a few years the greater number died, through inhaling the poisonous vapours of the mercury. The Mines and its Wonders She did not plead the vapours or the megrims. Once on a Time We were not at all afraid, for we considered that the danger was past when so great an eruption had acted as a kind of safety-valve to the pent-up vapours. Personal Recollections, from Early Life to Old Age, of Mary Somerville The background of variegated light remains unchanged, but more of it is stopped by the interposition of a dense mass of relatively cool vapours. A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition Swift rush the spectral vapours white Past limestone scars with ragged pines, Showing—then blotting from our sight!— Poetical Works of Matthew Arnold The workmen labour in a tropical heat and an atmosphere full of deadly vapours. The Mines and its Wonders We had noticed on several occasions a mistiness on some parts of the planet, which I attributed to the vapours raised from the canals by the heated atmosphere. To Mars via The Moon An Astronomical Story When I read the description of similar scenes in the East, my mind sees again in clear vision the sea of foam, the islands of flowers, the palm-trees surmounting the snowy vapours. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 361, November, 1845. As to the movements of the constipated vapours forming spots, the spectroscope is also competent to supply information. A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition The sun had chased the last vapours from the sky. A Victor of Salamis A wide plain stretches inland, utterly deserted owing to the poisonous vapours always carried across it by the south-east trade-wind, and in the centre of the plain is a sweet-water lake. Two Years with the Natives in the Western Pacific Mountain hamlets and villages on the plains sent out blue vapours from morning fires. Across the Equator A Holiday Trip in Java In Baluchistan these volcanoes appear to be extinct; though the Koh-i-Tafdan, beyond the Persian frontier, still emits vapours at frequent intervals. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" These remarkable appearances were quite simply interpreted as the effects of movements varying in amount and direction in the different parts of the extensive mass of incandescent vapours falling within a single field of view. A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition The mists of dawn have scarcely lifted their gossamer veils from the dreaming sea, when the pinnacled rocks of Rum and Aye, the outposts of the Banda group, pierce the swathing vapours. Through the Malay Archipelago These facts indicate the presence of great masses of the vapours of sodium and calcium over the nucleus. The Story of the Heavens We saw it in the early afternoon when the heat vapours from the noontide sun partially obliterated the landscape, but even so it was impressive. Across the Equator A Holiday Trip in Java If it could stand on its Pisgah Mount, and look above and beyond the mists and vapours of this land of shadows, and rest on the “better country.” The Faithful Promiser For they were closely paralleled by some earlier experiments of Wiedemann, in which the gaseous spectra of vacuum tubes were at once effaced on the introduction of metallic vapours. A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition Sulphureous vapours rise continually from a plateau beneath the summit, where tumbled boulders of blackened lava lie sunken in deep layers of volcanic ash. Through the Malay Archipelago If we may employ the analogy of terrestrial vapours to guide us in our reasoning, then it would seem that, as the comet retreats, its tail would condense into myriads of small particles. The Story of the Heavens Rosy vapours are rolling near; dancing forms define themselves in the Page 384 soft increasing glow. The Wagnerian Romances They were not elves dancing out there, as their old nurse had told him; he knew better—they were vapours which were warmer than the air, and that is why they rose. Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen This kind of absorption is produced by the vapours of metalloids or of compound substances. A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition A deafening noise issues from the self-building architecture of ruddy pillars, the bubbling of boiling mud, and the shrill spouting of hot vapours from narrow orifices in the trembling crust of the fire-charged earth. Through the Malay Archipelago |
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