| 单词 | phosphorescence |
| 例句 | A spray of salt water broke across the boat, dousing the marines there; the phosphorescence boiled up green and luminous against the darkness. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z It was a dark old man with large green eyes that gave his face a ghostly phosphorescence and with a cross of ashes on his forehead. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Their swollen abdomens seemed to glow with an evil, slow-murdering phosphorescence; their antennae drooped like wilted lettuce. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The phosphorescence gave dim shadows — A match flared. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Occasionally they sang softly; occasionally they turned cartwheels down by the moving streak of phosphorescence. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z The edge of the lagoon became a streak of phosphorescence which advanced minutely, as the great wave of the tide flowed. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Looking out the window I can see it, a glimmer, like the phosphorescence you get in stirred seawater, behind the sky, which is overcast and too low and a dull gray infrared. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z The line of phosphorescence bulged about the sand grains and little pebbles; it held them each in a dimple of tension, then suddenly accepted them with an inaudible syllable and moved on. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z It was the yellow Gulf weed that had made so much phosphorescence in the night. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z They came in a pack and he could only see the lines in the water that their fins made and their phosphorescence as they threw themselves on the fish. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z From here she had a view of the driveway and the lake across which lay a column of shimmering phosphorescence, white hot from the fierce late afternoon heat. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z He hung there in the phosphorescence of the sea, gathering light and undulating, and his boat moved now on the tidal current, brightly lit and silent in the fog. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Ifemelu watched him, and the other people around them, all glowing with a strange phosphorescence, all treading a single line of unbroken emotion. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z They sank leaving a trail of phosphorescence in the water. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z In the mauve night beyond the bed, indecipherable forms and phosphorescences seem hints of both natural and supernatural worlds. Gauguin: Into the mystic 2010-10-01T23:06:00Z In your death you would not witness a stomach glowing with phosphorescence; your skin would not turn white; you would not find a coconut; you would not be encased and warm, womb-like. Animal penises’ amazing evolution 2012-06-12T15:40:00Z But the phosphorescence of her work is not dimmed. Etel Adnan’s Bittersweet Arrival at the Guggenheim 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z Shining our torches into the murk, an orange squid careening through the phosphorescence, we swam together into the cargo hold. In the Bahamas, Scuba Diving With James Bond’s Trainer 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z “My favorite part is the sparkling lights at night, the phosphorescence,” she said later through an interpreter. Journeys: Deaf Divers Sign in the Soundless Depths 2010-12-24T19:55:00Z The book is stuffed with memorable sights: the lights of Cape Town at night; the acres of phosphorescence kicked up in the Rose City’s wake; a huge, fiery meteorite smashing into the ocean. Books of The Times: John Moynihan?s ?Voyage of the Rose City? ? Review 2011-09-29T22:01:35Z In general, phosphorescence signals are much longer-lasting than their fluorescent counterparts, allowing the Biofinder to distinguish between them. New Instrument Could Spy Signs of Alien Life in Glowing Rocks 2022-07-27T04:00:00Z Visitors come for its “blue tears,” a phosphorescence in the waters caused by algae. Green sky at night over Taiwan’s islands heralds a different kind of squid game 2021-10-15T04:00:00Z Afterward, the spectacle of “beautiful phosphorescence” signals “radioactive ionization of air.” ‘Midnight in Chernobyl’ reveals the nuclear disaster's untold story 2019-04-12T04:00:00Z I’m staring down, where dolphins are magically lit by phosphorescence. Setting sail: one woman's year alone at sea 2018-11-04T04:00:00Z “We all took off our clothes and swam with the phosphorescence under the moonlight.” When Your Workout Is Also Your Vacation 2018-02-07T05:00:00Z Abiotic minerals also emit their own light, called phosphorescence. New Instrument Could Spy Signs of Alien Life in Glowing Rocks 2022-07-27T04:00:00Z In contrast to fluorescence and phosphorescence, bioluminescenct reactions do not require the initial absorption of sunlight or other electromagnetic radiation by a molecule or pigment to emit light. Glow in the dark sharks: new species discovered in Hawaii – and it glows 2017-12-19T05:00:00Z Dr. Post suspects the phosphorescence is the result of interactions between boron and nitrogen impurities in the diamond’s near-flawless carbon frame. Precious Gems Bear Messages From Earth’s Molten Heart 2017-12-11T05:00:00Z He quotes the Spanish poet Federico García Lorca, who wrote that “Havana has the yellow of Cadiz, the pink of Seville turning carmine and the green of Granada, with the slight phosphorescence of fish.” Opinion | How Cubans’ gift for improvization sustained the politics and pleasures of Havana 2017-03-03T05:00:00Z It can deliver spectacular beauty, through midnight phosphorescence, breaching gray whales or playful dolphins at sunrise. Off the California Coast, a Swim Club’s Greatest Adventure 2015-10-12T04:00:00Z Using a camera and its flash, they triggered the metalloporphyrin’s phosphorescence and captured the resulting light emission. Smart Bandage Warns of Wound-Healing Problems 2014-10-14T04:00:00Z The food eaten, the sun reduced to a smudge of phosphorescence on the horizon, the residents of the halfway home stood to leave, prompted by their minder. How Chicago’s Housing Crisis Ignited a New Form of Activism 2013-05-29T11:00:52Z Then I thought of lightning, as the beach was full of phosphorescence. April 18, 1906: San Francisco s O, Wicked Ground 2012-04-18T16:15:09.080Z At night these great white flowers glowed as though with phosphorescence in the dark and had a strangely sweet smell. Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921 2012-04-12T02:00:28.417Z The modification of this arrangement by which Lord Kelvin explained the phosphorescence of such substances as luminous paint is also described, and will be recognised by some as an old friend. Lord Kelvin An account of his scientific life and work 2012-04-06T02:00:32.097Z Another feature of meteorological phosphorescence is that of luminous appearances at sea, quite distinct from the luminosity of the ocean itself as produced by marine animalcula. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z The night was clear and the tops of the broken swell shone with phosphorescence. Wyndham's Pal 2012-04-04T02:00:54.360Z On the foullest mud gleams sometimes the brightest phosphorescence: otherwise it were not easy to conceive how even momentary happiness could come of the house in the Rue Touchet! The Man in Black 2012-03-30T02:00:14.473Z I snuff out the candles, on the supposition that this is perhaps a case of phosphorescence; but I never perceive anything. Mysterious Psychic Forces An Account of the Author's Investigations in Psychical Research, Together with Those of Other European Savants 2012-03-28T02:00:29.747Z In the former case the vibrations persisted; the case was analogous to that of phosphorescence. Lord Kelvin An account of his scientific life and work 2012-04-06T02:00:32.097Z Before passing on to the consideration of animal phosphorescence, let us glance at the luminosity of plants. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z The degree of exhaustion is just such that with the potential the coil is capable of giving, phosphorescence of the glass is produced, but disappears as soon as the vacuum is impaired. The inventions, researches and writings of Nikola Tesla With special reference to his work in polyphase currents and high potential lighting 2012-03-28T02:00:22.660Z Humboldt states that “at the time of the new moon at midnight in 1743, the phosphorescence was so intense that objects could be distinctly recognized at a distance of more than 600 feet.” Astronomical Curiosities Facts and Fallacies 2012-03-27T02:00:18Z During the interval he had stepped ashore, and was decoyed into a neighboring wood by the bright glow, which proved to be a fallen tree ablaze with phosphorescence. Eye Spy Afield with Nature Among Flowers and Animate Things 2012-02-24T03:00:23.760Z The phosphorescence of the charnel-house was a nimbus to her head. My Lords of Strogue Vol. III, (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:27.667Z Among phanerogams, or ordinary plants, are many examples of phosphorescence. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z Incandescence or phosphorescence of a rarefied gas; and 4. The inventions, researches and writings of Nikola Tesla With special reference to his work in polyphase currents and high potential lighting 2012-03-28T02:00:22.660Z All three genera are pelagic and phosphorescent, this property being seated in the ectoplasm; Noctiluca miliaris is indeed the chief source of the phosphorescence of our summer seas. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" 2012-01-31T03:00:17.257Z While all these phenomena come under the general term of phosphorescence, the inference of the presence of phosphorus is incorrect; many substances without a trace of phosphorus in their constitution emit light with equal brilliancy. Eye Spy Afield with Nature Among Flowers and Animate Things 2012-02-24T03:00:23.760Z Noctiluca, nok-ti-lū′ka, n. a phosphorescent marine Infusorian, abundant around the British coasts, one of the chief causes of the phosphorescence of the waves.—adjs. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) 2012-01-30T03:00:13.887Z The phenomenon of brilliant colors being perceived on a person pressing his eye, or on the injury of the optic nerve, is called by Mr. Phipson subjective phosphorescence, but this is only an undeveloped hypothesis. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z Similar effects are noted with other conducting bodies, but many scientific men will probably not attribute them to true phosphorescence. The inventions, researches and writings of Nikola Tesla With special reference to his work in polyphase currents and high potential lighting 2012-03-28T02:00:22.660Z In the Ostracoda and Copepoda the phosphorescence, as already mentioned, is due to glands which produce a luminous secretion, and this is the case also in certain members of the Schizopoda and Decapoda. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 "Crocoite" to "Cuba" 2012-01-22T03:00:24.397Z But here, at last, it came in a shape that I could not have anticipated—an upright column of phosphorescence, brilliant at the upper extremity, and more broken below for a space of several feet. Eye Spy Afield with Nature Among Flowers and Animate Things 2012-02-24T03:00:23.760Z The two former yield a greenish phosphorescence in the dark, the latter a bluish light. Scientific American, Vol. XXXIX.?No. 24. [New Series.], December 14, 1878 A Weekly Journal Of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, And Manufactures 2012-01-05T03:00:31.783Z This phase of phosphorescence, and also that of faint flickering clouds against the horizon, is distinct from meteorological phosphorescence, which branch of the subject includes luminous rain, fog, dust, ignis-fatuus, northern and southern lights. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z The most important fact arrived at in pursuing investigations in this direction is, that in all cases it is necessary, in order to excite phosphorescence with a minimum amount of energy, to observe certain conditions. The inventions, researches and writings of Nikola Tesla With special reference to his work in polyphase currents and high potential lighting 2012-03-28T02:00:22.660Z Always the impi of sharks kept pace with us, their bodies throwing up streaks of phosphorescence as they lunged for their food. Adventures in Swaziland The Story of a South African Boer 2012-01-01T03:00:06.887Z Dead fish are frequently thus luminous, and brilliant phosphorescence is often an accompaniment of decomposition of both animal and vegetable matter. Eye Spy Afield with Nature Among Flowers and Animate Things 2012-02-24T03:00:23.760Z The behaviour of the fish is the first signal; they are there in hundreds, dashing hither and thither in a criss-cross of phosphorescence. The Fijians A Study of the Decay of Custom 2011-12-30T03:00:25.917Z This portion of the science of phosphorescence is involved in the same mystery as the previously described branches; theories are suggested; but no real satisfactory explanation is found for the different kinds of luminosity. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z Just as molecules or atoms beating upon a solid body excite phosphorescence in the same or render it incandescent, so when colliding among themselves they produce similar phenomena. The inventions, researches and writings of Nikola Tesla With special reference to his work in polyphase currents and high potential lighting 2012-03-28T02:00:22.660Z The shadow of the ship was broken by some swirling streaks of phosphorescence, and that was all. Adventures in Swaziland The Story of a South African Boer 2012-01-01T03:00:06.887Z In addition to the fine example mentioned by Hawthorne, there is an authentic record of a single log twenty-four feet in length and a foot in diameter which was one mass of brilliant phosphorescence. Eye Spy Afield with Nature Among Flowers and Animate Things 2012-02-24T03:00:23.760Z He was silent for some time afterwards, leaning quietly over the weather bulwarks, watching the phosphorescence in the sea. Wild Life in the Land of the Giants A Tale of Two Brothers 2011-12-12T03:00:34.923Z We will close this article with an account given by Dr. Kane of an extraordinary case of phosphorescence on the human body which occurred in the polar regions. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z But most of the effects which are here considered, especially the light effects, incandescence, or phosphorescence, involve the presence of free atoms and would be impossible without these. The inventions, researches and writings of Nikola Tesla With special reference to his work in polyphase currents and high potential lighting 2012-03-28T02:00:22.660Z It was rendered visible by a light which seemed to emanate from its own body, as if it were a kind of phosphorescence. A Duel 2011-11-20T03:00:13.840Z On the placid deep Flashed sparkling phosphorescences, While moonbeams, bright in silver bars, Lay like a pathway to the stars. The Call of the Mountains and other Poems 2011-10-28T02:00:27.360Z Except for the phosphorescence of the breaking water alongside, there was nothing distinguishable. The Wireless Officer 2011-10-24T02:00:17.560Z It was some object heading directly for the yawl, its track being marked by a faint blur of phosphorescence. The Nameless Island A Story of some Modern Robinson Crusoes 2011-10-08T02:00:20.880Z That mechanical shocks play an important part in exciting phosphorescence in a bulb may be seen from the following experiment. The inventions, researches and writings of Nikola Tesla With special reference to his work in polyphase currents and high potential lighting 2012-03-28T02:00:22.660Z Her gray hull would be invisible from the shore, but phosphorescence blazed about her bows and her wake was a trail of fire. The Coast of Adventure 2011-10-03T02:00:25.810Z The crystal sphere itself appeared to be luminous, yet it remained perfectly transparent, whatever the source of its silvery phosphorescence. Quick Action 2011-09-26T02:00:28.347Z Beyond that it was impossible to distinguish anybody or anything in the boat, the bows of which were faintly silhouetted against the ghostly phosphorescence of the foam thrown aside by the stem. The Wireless Officer 2011-10-24T02:00:17.560Z The heart of this small comet was illumined by faint, shifting phosphorescence, ranging from blue and tarnished silver to delicate if poisonous pink. Comet's Burial 2011-09-19T02:00:15.417Z If the tube o be rather wide, about an inch or so, the filament may be so powerfully vibrated that whenever it hits the glass tube it excites phosphorescence. The inventions, researches and writings of Nikola Tesla With special reference to his work in polyphase currents and high potential lighting 2012-03-28T02:00:22.660Z If the Little Maid of Askalege, whirling in her dance, perceived us through her veil of living phosphorescence, she made no sign. The Little Red Foot 2011-09-09T02:01:04.147Z Beyond, a fathom of phosphorescence showed that mackerel were playing in the moonshine. The Divine Adventure Volume IV 2011-09-04T02:00:03.717Z "It's a fish!" declared the girl, as with a trail of phosphorescence a huge object darted under the keel and disappeared in the darkness. The Wireless Officer 2011-10-24T02:00:17.560Z At night the horizon glowed as with phosphorescence; great, scorched trees threw their thousand arms in hysterical gesture to a lurid heaven. Caybigan 2011-08-31T02:01:21.780Z It is unquestionable that the initial charges given to the atoms or to the glass play some part in exciting phosphorescence. The inventions, researches and writings of Nikola Tesla With special reference to his work in polyphase currents and high potential lighting 2012-03-28T02:00:22.660Z It was not yet dawn, and the glades of Brakabeen Wood were dark and still; and on the ferns and grasses rested myriads of fire-flies, all pulsating with faint phosphorescence. The Little Red Foot 2011-09-09T02:01:04.147Z On the bergs as on the surface of the sea, as it happened now, were coatings of a teeming germ life, the same which causes phosphorescence in the trail of an ocean ship. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z The phosphorescence of the sea, with its scintillations of brilliant light, its ripples of liquid fire, the crest of each wave a flaming cascade, was a charming phenomenon one never tired of watching. Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America 2011-08-05T02:00:46.387Z Slowly it glided between the ghostlike silhouettes of vessels at anchor; it turned ponderously; there was a splash of phosphorescence at the bow, a running clang of chain through hawse. Caybigan 2011-08-31T02:01:21.780Z With low frequencies it seems that gases of great atomic weight excite more intense phosphorescence than those of smaller weight, as for instance, hydrogen. The inventions, researches and writings of Nikola Tesla With special reference to his work in polyphase currents and high potential lighting 2012-03-28T02:00:22.660Z When logs of timber are split for firewood they are commonly stacked ‘four square,’ and occasionally such a stack, four or five feet high, may be seen all aglow with phosphorescence. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z A wind soughing in the roses, no, a yellow phosphorescence. Knut Hamsun 2011-07-18T02:00:21.927Z A cross of white stone, recently set up, I supposed, had almost the appearance of phosphorescence. A Book of Ghosts 2011-07-08T02:00:19.203Z There was a hoarse croak, a gurgle, and then the phosphorescence sank slowly and went out in the depths below. Caybigan 2011-08-31T02:01:21.780Z Of all bodies so far tried, sulphide of zinc seems to be the most susceptible to phosphorescence. The inventions, researches and writings of Nikola Tesla With special reference to his work in polyphase currents and high potential lighting 2012-03-28T02:00:22.660Z As this phosphorescence is only occasional, it would seem to depend on the condition of the atmosphere. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z In it every face assumed a deathly glow, resembling the phosphorescence of corruption, the red of cheeks and lips became purple, and every hint of facial defect stood out, a purple smudge. Linda Lee, Incorporated A Novel 2011-06-19T02:00:18.633Z She was bathed in such a rapturous dream of moonlight and phosphorescence and rosy clouds and proximity that she was afraid to look at him. The Disturbing Charm 2011-06-17T02:00:21.077Z He peered out into the water, and the phosphorescence showed him an indistinct form swimming slowly away. Caybigan 2011-08-31T02:01:21.780Z Indeed, in an exhausted vessel the phosphorescence is, as a rule, primarily excited by the powerful beating of the electrode stream of atoms against the phosphorescent body. The inventions, researches and writings of Nikola Tesla With special reference to his work in polyphase currents and high potential lighting 2012-03-28T02:00:22.660Z That night we slipped forrard on to the focsle head, and stood leaning on the stem head, watching her sharp cutwater shearing along and admiring the play of phosphorescence in the backwash. From Chart House to Bush Hut Being the Record of a Sailor's 7 Years in the Queensland Bush 2011-06-08T02:00:16.290Z An inward fire blinded this fortunate man to the phosphorescence of the rotten wood around him. 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 What about a pull on the lagoon, to look at the phosphorescence? The Disturbing Charm 2011-06-17T02:00:21.077Z Ever and again the darkness east and west of that glory would be lit by a momentary gleam of phosphorescence; and far out the lights of ships were shining bright and yellow. The Sea Lady 2011-04-22T02:00:07.843Z But the phosphorescence ceases when the filament comes to rest. The inventions, researches and writings of Nikola Tesla With special reference to his work in polyphase currents and high potential lighting 2012-03-28T02:00:22.660Z In the case of solids, on the other hand, such as fluor-spar or uranium glass, the effect, though very brief, does not die away quite instantaneously, so that it is really a very brief phosphorescence. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" 2011-04-03T02:00:20.883Z "He is talking of Mexico, and of the phosphorescence of the tropical seas," the captain says, curtly. Erlach Court 2011-03-12T03:00:24.407Z Olwen's soft bright glance slid away from him even as the phosphorescence slid away from the oars. The Disturbing Charm 2011-06-17T02:00:21.077Z The girl turned her face away from Stirling's and looked over the taffrail where the silver phosphorescence of the wake was broken in countless places by the reaching waves. The Ice Pilot 2011-03-09T03:00:48.433Z Most of the considerations which apply to the incandescence of a solid just considered may likewise be applied to phosphorescence. The inventions, researches and writings of Nikola Tesla With special reference to his work in polyphase currents and high potential lighting 2012-03-28T02:00:22.660Z The property of phosphorescence has been generally attributed to some molecular change taking place in the bodies possessing it. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" 2011-04-03T02:00:20.883Z One of the first words she put together upon his writing-table as she sat upon his knee was 'phosphorescence.' Erlach Court 2011-03-12T03:00:24.407Z Marine phosphorescence is no new topic, and we have dwelt too long, perhaps, upon a phenomenon that every voyager has seen, and many have described. Seaside Studies in Natural History Marine Animals of Massachusetts Bay. Radiates. 2011-03-07T03:00:13.343Z The wind was chill, a frizzle was in the air, and the waves, breaking in dull phosphorescence against the bow of the ship, looked sickly and uncanny through the blackness. The Great Gold Rush A Tale of the Klondike 2011-03-06T03:00:22.017Z The lieutenant-commander could still discern the patch of phosphorescence that encircled the partly submerged U-boat. Billy Barcroft, R.N.A.S. A story of the Great War 2011-02-24T03:01:02.917Z Deane finished his dinner and sat by the wide-open window, leaning upon his folded arms, looking out at the foam-flecked sea,—foam which seemed to glitter with a clear, white phosphorescence in the failing light. The Golden Web 2011-01-15T03:00:38.007Z Of Mrs. Brimmer, the fastidious Boston woman, it is said that “a certain nervous intensity occasionally lit up her weary eyes with a dangerous phosphorescence, under their brown fringes.” The Life of Bret Harte With Some Account of the California Pioneers 2011-01-14T03:00:47.427Z Human Rights Watch, the New York-based rights group said Israel's use of phosphorescence weapons was more widespread. 2010-02-01T09:05:00Z He investigated what he called the light in sea-water, now called phosphorescence. The True Benjamin Franklin The white line rushed down on them, and showed as a turmoil of frothing sea, beaten flat by the wind into a sheet of phosphorescence veiled by low-flying spray. H.M.S. —— At night the phosphorescence of these lonely waters lying just north of the Antarctic Circle, between southern Tasmania and New Zealand, was indeed marvellous. Under the Southern Cross or Travels in Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, Samoa, and Other Pacific Islands Dante the observer, phosphorescence, flies, bees and ants. The Popes and Science The History of the Papal Relations to Science During the Middle Ages and Down to Our Own Time They searched in places wherein both had seen the fire of decaying wood a hundred times, but not one gleam of phosphorescence could be found anywhere. The Only Woman in the Town And Other Tales of the American Revolution For a while he watched the creeping phosphorescence and wondered at it in kindly fellowship, thinking how like it was to a human lover, so small and solitary in this gigantic gloom. Plashers Mead A Novel The next astern could be made out by the bands of blue-white phosphorescence that fell away from her bow, but the rest of the line was quite invisible. H.M.S. —— The wonderful blue of the sea by day, and its fire-like phosphorescence by night, are always interesting. Under the Southern Cross or Travels in Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, Samoa, and Other Pacific Islands Such, for instance, are the discharges in vacuo in Geisler tubes, exhibiting stratifications, fluorescence, phosphorescence, the production of ozone in great quantity, decomposition of chemical compounds, &c. The Telephone An Account of the Phenomena of Electricity, Magnetism, and Sound, as Involved in Its Action From Carlton Hill at night one sees a heaving ocean of yellow lights, gleaming like phosphorescence on ebon waves. Bye-Ways Jenny sat on the back seat and watched along the Kennington Road the incandescent gas suffuse room after room with a sickly phosphorescence in which the inhabitants seemed to swim like fish in an aquarium. Carnival On another evening the light will have a bluish tint, and then the phosphorescence is principally due to the Dysmorphosa. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 98, December, 1865 He demonstrated also that the phosphorescence of the sea was due to organisms. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein" The organ, re-enforced with the wailing of a hundred violins, produced a storm of the most delirious music, while the souls flashed with a strange phosphorescence like a circle of fire. The Goddess of Atvatabar Being the history of the discovery of the interior world and conquest of Atvatabar Lightning zigzagged between the mountains, filling the valley with weird phosphorescence. Doom of the House of Duryea For in this valley after the sun goes moves a phantom light or phosphorescence over the snow. The Three Mulla-mulgars He was a languid mincing creature whose decadence glowed around him like phosphorescence around a piece of rotted swampwood. The Ambassador He had no longer any desire for sleep, so he devoted himself again to soaking his wrists in the water and letting the lambent phosphorescence stream through his fingers. The Haunters of the Silences A Book of Animal Life The night was very dark, and no one on shore could have seen me had it not been for the phosphorescence of the water. The White Chief of the Caffres You could see the breakers now, the phosphorescence of them. The Bonadventure A Random Journal of an Atlantic Holiday Urgent as the situation was, he stood for a few moments meditative, contemplating the phosphorescence of the waves. Toilers of the Sea In these experiments he obtained no results until he tried salts of uranium, recalling previous observations of his as to their phosphorescence. A Brief Account of Radio-activity Sea water had a phosphorescence sometimes for the same reason. The Caves of Fear He did not realize that the Tanganyika, seen from sea level, was a solid black bulk, jangling and booming her way through the sea and leaving an immense pathway of phosphorescence behind her. Command He regarded the phosphorescence as caused by a motion starting from the cathode and travelling in straight lines through the gas. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 8 "Conduction, Electric" The phosphorescence on the water had been the first warning: this murmur the second. Toilers of the Sea Furthermore, he proved that this had no connection with the phenomenon of phosphorescence, as both uranic and uranous salts were active and the latter show no phosphorescence. A Brief Account of Radio-activity Back of the tableau gleamed the phosphorescence of the placid sea. The Portal of Dreams He could hear the sough of water, and there was a faint phosphorescence along the ship's side. Command Goldstein regarded the phosphorescence as due to waves in the ether, for whose propagation the gas was not necessary. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 8 "Conduction, Electric" The phosphorescence which he had been observing, and upon which his eye was now fixed once more, was threatening, but serviceable at the same time. Toilers of the Sea If you pass through the embowered ways of this district after nightfall, your path will be lighted by glow-worms and fireflies, just as phosphorescence illumines the darkness upon the waters traversed by a ship's hull. The Pearl of India Yet the grove was not dark, but lighted with the startlingly brilliant phosphorescence of the fungi growing on the trunks, and trimmed into bizarre ornamental shapes. The Planet Savers Another flash of phosphorescence, and the triangular fin disappeared. Doubloons—and the Girl The colour of the phosphorescence depends on the kind of glass; thus the light from soda glass is a yellowish green, and that from lead glass blue. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 8 "Conduction, Electric" The sailors of the Channel are familiar with those indescribable phosphorescences, full of warning for the navigator. Toilers of the Sea The molten silver on which we idly floated had just ripple sufficient to double its reflective power, lit by an occasional flash of phosphorescence when the oars were dipped. The Pearl of India The boats were a long time gone, and the Old Man was growing impatient, when we heard voices on the water, and saw, afar off, the gleam of phosphorescence on the dripping oars. The Brassbounder A Tale of the Sea These minute infusorians would glow with the pale gleam of phosphorescence if the water were ruffled. Doubloons—and the Girl Many other bodies phosphoresce when exposed to these rays, and in particular the phosphorescence of some gems, such as rubies and diamonds, is exceedingly vivid. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 8 "Conduction, Electric" The phosphorescence lighted him still, but it was diminishing. Toilers of the Sea Rick identified the twinkle as phosphorescence from some marine creature on the reef. The Wailing Octopus We never—even in our wildest Halloween moods—visited this cellar by night, but in some of our daytime visits could detect the phosphorescence, especially when the day was dark and wet. The Shunned House A projection of the rock prevented the light from shining before them, yet their way was softly illumined from beyond, as by a dim phosphorescence. Cudjo's Cave From the window, too, proceed rays which, like the cathode rays, can produce phosphorescence, for certain bodies phosphoresce when placed in the neighbourhood of the window. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 8 "Conduction, Electric" The waves curl in ghostly phosphorescence and the merry men dance wildly in Hull Gut. Old Plymouth Trails In the corridor there was some light—dim phosphorescence from the Martian night-rock lining the walls and tiling the floor. Martyr There was a bluish haze and a frenzied sputtering, and the yellowish phosphorescence grew dimmer to my eyes. The Shunned House Dan watched for long minutes, but he saw nothing more brilliant than the pale gleam of phosphorescence where the waves dashed against the sheer granite wall of the island. Astounding Stories, July, 1931 The landscapes of these tales are fantastically beautiful, and scattered through the narrative are fragments of verse, vagrant and witty, that light up the stories with a glowworm phosphorescence. Ivory Apes and Peacocks It was a lovely night; Orion overhead, and the plashing phosphorescence on the water below conspired with the hour to make him specially confidential. Miss Cayley's Adventures Brilliant phosphorescence dashed from our bow and a silvery streak trailed in our wake emphasizing the enchantment as the Whim rose, leaned, and dipped over the bosom of the breathing Gulf. Wings of the Wind Large and small, each living creature was invisible until it moved; then came the greenish light, like phosphorescence and yet unlike. till Harkness could not force himself to believe the irrefutable evidence. Astounding Stories, May, 1931 The wake was a lane of moonlight, barred by golden streaks of phosphorescence. Fire Mountain A Thrilling Sea Story That certain other forms of activity may be able to assert themselves in unwonted measure seems clearly forecast in the phenomena of increased magnetism, and of phosphorescence at low temperatures above outlined. A History of Science, Volume 5(of 5) Aspects Of Recent Science In the darkness of the bucket the water shone with a faint phosphorescence. Wild Oranges My own eyes were trying to follow the eerie, silent thing which had passed so spookily into the night, leaving the merest suggestion of phosphorescence after it. Wings of the Wind The impact rolled him partly over, and as he turned, another line of phosphorescence streaked past his eyes. The Flying Stingaree The broad low waves of ebony water that went seething past below, foamed luminous and were streaked and starred with phosphorescence. The Passionate Friends Thus, according to Professor Dewar, "gelatine, celluloid, paraffine, ivory, horn, and india-rubber become distinctly luminous, with a bluish or greenish phosphorescence, after cooling to—180� and being stimulated by the electric light." A History of Science, Volume 5(of 5) Aspects Of Recent Science In its wake it drew a swell of sparkling phosphorescence, which it carelessly tossed off on either side as a Calif might throw handfuls of glittering coins to his fawning beggars. Carmen Ariza When I was hauling up a bucket of water in the evening to wash the deck I noticed that it was sparkling with phosphorescence. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 Vol. I Bubbles would attract the guards' attention, not only because they foamed on the surface, but because they would leave a glow of phosphorescence. The Flying Stingaree The phosphorescence is at first, and more ordinarily, recognizable at the surface of the hymenium. Fungi: Their Nature and Uses On the other hand, alcohol loses its phosphorescence when a trace of iodine is added to it. A History of Science, Volume 5(of 5) Aspects Of Recent Science They discovered, furthermore, now that their flashlights were no longer operating, that a faint illumination lit the room, issuing from a number of small crystal jars suspended from the walls: some sort of phosphorescence, evidently. Astounding Stories of Super-Science January 1931 And down where we stood it was deep twilight, queerly silvery with the phosphorescence from the luminous rocks as though some hidden moon were shining. Astounding Stories, March, 1931 At the same instant, Rick was aware of bubbles in the water, a trail of faint phosphorescence shooting downward past his mask. The Flying Stingaree Habitually, the phosphorescence is distributed in an unequal manner upon the stipe, and the same upon the gills. Fungi: Their Nature and Uses The cautious terms in which this partial explanation is couched suggest how far we still are from a full understanding of the interesting phenomena of phosphorescence. A History of Science, Volume 5(of 5) Aspects Of Recent Science It glowed and glistened like phosphorescence on their eyeballs, making them the eyes of animals in a hunter's torchlight, at night. e Boer moved upon an errand across the control room. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, November, 1930 There seemed a sheen on everything, a soft, glowing sheen of phosphorescence from the rocks rising to meet the pale wan starlight. Astounding Stories, March, 1931 In place of the phosphorescence, electric lights had appeared, making the ground beneath perfectly visible. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, October, 1930 From these experiments Tulasne infers that the same agents, oxygen, water, and warmth, are perfectly necessary to the production of phosphorescence as much in living organized beings as in those which have ceased to live. Fungi: Their Nature and Uses When a glowworm glows at night, or when the head of a match glows as you rub it on your wet hand in the dark, we call the light phosphorescence. Common Science A good deal more lightning at night, and a great deal of phosphorescence; also a very bad-looking, nearly new moon—flat on her back and surrounded by a big halo. The Last Voyage to India and Australia, in the 'Sunbeam' My eyes were growing accustomed to the darkness; it was illumined by a dim phosphorescence from the rocks. Astounding Stories, March, 1931 But, miles below them, it seemed, there was a tiny pin-point of brilliance—an eery green light that was like a wavering phosphorescence of will-o'-the-wisp. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930 In all cases of phosphorescence recorded, the light emitted is described as of the same character, varying only in intensity. Fungi: Their Nature and Uses The phosphorescence of the electronic tubes was like a comet’s tail behind us as we slid upward. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, March 1930 The sea was shrouded in deep gloom, marked by an occasional flash of phosphorescence. Mayflower (Flor de mayo) A Tale of the Valencian Seashore This way causes the creature a great amazement, and is like a flooding or moving of whiteness, or an inwardly-felt phosphorescence; it is a vitalising ministration greatly enjoyed by the soul. The Golden Fountain or, The Soul's Love for God. Being some Thoughts and Confessions of One of His Lovers At night, however where a jelly-fish has stranded, the ground seems to crawl and emit a dull fire of phosphorescence which the Japanese call "dragon's light." Japanese Fairy World Stories from the Wonder-Lore of Japan Like the one where he had found Naomi, a green mold covered everything, and pallid fungi, emitting a pale-green phosphorescence, clung to the walls and ceiling of the long corridor. When the Sleepers Woke They took on a dirty black hue as our light struck them, and glowed with a faint phosphorescence as they stretched away into the darkness. Astounding Stories of Super-Science September 1930 It will be interesting to gather a large cluster to show its phosphorescence and the heat which the plant will generate. The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth Then the mass of the reef to the left and the hidden shelf of a second but obscured underwater reef to the right made dark patches in the phosphorescence. Mr. Wicker's Window He could not fathom this mysterious phosphorescence, and he wished to get his people out upon dry land before it reached them. In the Morning of Time Light, strictly denoting a form of radiant energy, is used as a general term for any luminous effect discernible by the eye, from the faintest phosphorescence to the blaze of the noonday sun. English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions That is phosphorescence, which is very common in tropical seas, sometimes the whole sea is alight with it. Round the Wonderful World You can show the phosphorescence by putting it in a dark room and by placing a thermometer in the cluster you can show the heat. The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth Frank asked, as they leaned in a group apart on the rail, watching the phosphorescence in the water alongside. The Radio Boys with the Revenue Guards Small as the flame was, it was actinically much more powerful than the brighter phosphorescence of the fungi behind them. Astounding Stories of Super-Science February 1930 And, further, that Sally was at every point of the compass—that she was in the phosphorescence of the sea, and the still golden colour of the rising moon. Somehow Good The water was alive with phosphorescence that sparkled like gems around the blades. A Romantic Young Lady The British navy was at its appointed stations; the temper of a seafaring people, self-reliant, resourceful, and indomitable, was everywhere, and shone like a phosphorescence over thousands of unregarded acts of sacrifice. The War in the Air; Vol. 1 The Part played in the Great War by the Royal Air Force Like some bright meteor, whose tract across the heavens remains marked by its line of luminous phosphorescence, her radiant beauty was remembered. The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness "It's too late," I say, leaning far over the railing to watch the phosphorescence gleam and darken. Under the Southern Cross Light played about his face, emanated from it, as from moonlit water, a phosphorescence of the daylight. The Art of Disappearing No. Was it the mere euphony of the word; its mythic associations; its less ideal application to the rosy hours of the Orient, or the shining phosphorescence of the North? The Quadroon Adventures in the Far West At night the phosphorescence of these lonely waters lying just north of the Antarctic Circle, between Tasmania and New Zealand, is indeed marvellous. Foot-prints of Travel or, Journeyings in Many Lands Besides, as laying-time approaches, the phosphorescence of the eggs is already made manifest without this clumsy midwifery. The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles Light Production.—Some bacteria, and usually those originally derived from water, whether fresh or salt, exhibit marked phosphorescence when cultivated under suitable conditions. The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged. Emotion found expression therein in the flame of fever, pleasure in the flashing rays of a sort of intoxication, passion in phosphorescence. Germinie Lacerteux The phosphorescence of decayed fish-skins was tried; but this, though safe, was very inefficient. Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson The conditions of phosphorescence are, the presence of free oxygen, and, generally, a relatively low temperature, together with a medium containing sodium chloride, and peptones, but little or no carbohydrates. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" Their grisly shapes vivid in the disturbed phosphorescence, drawing a wake of flame behind them, rushed two great sharks. The Sign of the Spider The light faded swiftly to a mysterious violet glimmer in the sky, on the ground, a cold phosphorescence that seemed to emanate from the ice. Mountain Blood A Novel The two soldiers looked at the white foam gleaming with phosphorescence. The House with the Mezzanine and Other Stories She circled the deck house six times, then went up 247 to the bow and stared down the cutwater at the phosphorescence. The Pagan Madonna The bodies of sea fish, e.g. mackerel and other animals, have Phosphorescent bacteria. long been known to exhibit phosphorescence. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" Slowly the darkness paled, and a weird dawn Broke on my wondering vision, and there grew Uncanny phosphorescence in the air Which seemed to throb with some great vital spell Of mystery and doom. Pan and Æolus: Poems Again their way led sharply down, through tunnels loftier and broader and glowing more brilliantly with phosphorescence which was a testimonial to their greater age. The Raid on the Termites A touch of distant phosphorescence that waned, and intensified again to a strong white glow, presently gave the void one far and lonely hilltop. Waiting for Daylight At their feet the water was thick with the phosphorescence, shining more brilliantly than the moonlight. The White Mice The cause of the phosphorescence is still a mystery. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" Now as a man's watch stays most of the time in his pocket, a watch dial treated with phosphorus would have no opportunity to regain its phosphorescence. Christopher and the Clockmakers As on the previous night, the sea was aglow with phosphorescence. Jim Spurling, Fisherman or Making Good Although this phosphorescence has been microscopically examined, it is but slightly understood. The Log of the Sun A Chronicle of Nature's Year With her hands pressed against her breast, her eyes filled with fear, she was watching in fascinated horror a thin ripple of phosphorescence that moved leisurely and steadily out to sea. The White Mice An artificial lake in New Providence, constructed for the use of the turtle-catchers, is noted as exhibiting an extraordinary degree of phosphorescence. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" When freshly developed the phosphorescence is marked, but when the plants become old they often fail to show it. Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. But the July light faded, and only left her the poor amusement of looking over the side for the phosphorescence of the water, and watching the smoke of the funnel lose itself overhead. Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster Then a low, shadowy hull, outlined by a glimmer of phosphorescence, came on towards the harbor mouth, and a rocket swept up in a fiery curve and burst, dropping colored lights. Brandon of the Engineers There was a faint splash and a shower of phosphorescence. The White Mice It was light there in the monster’s throat, for the roof and the sides of it shone with phosphorescence so that he could see everything. Tales of Folk and Fairies From the rich saffron yellow color of all parts of the plant, and especially by its strong phosphorescence, so evident in the dark, it is an easy plant to recognize. Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. They were talking in a low voice of the sea and the phosphorescence—nothing more; but the tone of their voices! Witness to the Deed The long, smooth swell broke in flashes of green and gold phosphorescence against the concrete wall, and the moon threw a broad, glittering track across the sea. Brandon of the Engineers "It was once a colony of real artists, but the big fish left and the minnows swim slimily about, giving off nothing but their own sickly phosphorescence." Black Oxen The human aura is not in a state of calm phosphorescence, however. Genuine Mediumship or The Invisible Powers Luminosity of fungi.—While the luminosity possessed by certain fungi cannot be said to be of distinct utility, their phosphorescence is a noteworthy phenomenon. Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. There is no light in these depths: they make it with their own phosphorescence. Astronomy for Amateurs The sea was smooth and glimmered with phosphorescence in the shadow of the land, for the moon had not risen far above the mountains. Brandon of the Engineers Only the street lights below shone like globular phosphorescence on a dark and turbulent sea. Black Oxen For a time they are silent; their eyes directed over the stern, watching the foam in the ship’s wake, lit up with luminous phosphorescence. The Flag of Distress A Story of the South Sea Though often described as possessing luminous properties, it is now known to be destitute of any phosphorescence whatever. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America It is simply the reflection of the phosphorescence of the water in the clouds above; and the darker and more overcast the night, the more distinctly is the reflection seen. A Middy of the King A Romance of the Old British Navy A faint, warm breeze blew off the land, and there was a flicker of green and blue phosphorescence as the sea washed about the end of the mole. Brandon of the Engineers The rush of the creatures through the water had started the phosphorescence, every spark of which was converted by the motion of the retina into a line of light. Fragments of science, V. 1-2 It was a boat filled with forms, the oar-blades rising and tailing in measured stroke, flashing the phosphorescence on both sides. The Flag of Distress A Story of the South Sea It was dark as the inside of a wolf’s mouth, and there was but little phosphorescence in the water. Across the Spanish Main A Tale of the Sea in the Days of Queen Bess The view of the ship under press of canvas from the mizen-top is very grand; and the phosphorescence in our wake, billow upon billow of light shining foam, seemed more brilliant than ever. A Boy's Voyage Round the World What was the phosphorescence in the sea?—the nights were too clear for that. The Beautiful Wretch; The Pupil of Aurelius; and The Four Macnicols At night the phosphorescence was startling, breaking suddenly out along the crests of the waves formed by the port and starboard bows. Fragments of science, V. 1-2 When the phosphorescence Evoluted brain, Superstition ended, Men began to reign. The Book of Humorous Verse At the fire on the hearth or the cold phosphorescence of swamp and marsh? The Thing from the Lake Perhaps two or all of these may be the cause, for electricity is developed in some gems—such as the topaz—by heat, and heat by electricity, and phosphorescence developed by both. The Chemistry, Properties and Tests of Precious Stones The entire surface of the Mediterranean was aglow with phosphorescence, and the sun was veiled completely by a heavy cloud that seemed to cover the whole expanse of the sky. Edmond Dantès The phosphorescence did not cease at the creature's tail, but was carried many porpoise-lengths behind it. Fragments of science, V. 1-2 There was no land, in sight, there was no moon to light the waves, but their own phosphorescence made the bounding billows visible to those who came on deck. The Boy Nihilist or, Young America in Russia The velvety blackness of the heavens was powdered with star dust; in the wash of the ship there gleamed a profound phosphorescence, as from a decaying ocean. Sacrifice I remember one night especially, when the Southern Cross was in full view and the water about the keel splotched with phosphorescence. Cinderella in the South Twenty-Five South African Tales Luminescence: applied to the light of fire-flies, as a substitute for phosphorescence. Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology I had previously noticed the phosphorescence of the water, but tonight it was stronger than usual, especially among the foam at the bows. Fragments of science, V. 1-2 Other thought forms have the appearance of swiftly rotating balls of cloudy substance, often glowing with a faint phosphorescence. The Human Aura Astral Colors and Thought Forms The tunnel was illumined by a dim phosphorescence from the rocks. Beyond the Vanishing Point I have many notes upon the sulphurous odor of meteorites, and many notes upon phosphorescence of things that come from externality. The Book of the Damned Long streaks of phosphorescence darted back and forth in the shadow of the boat. The Adventures of Piang the Moro Jungle Boy A Book for Young and Old A bucket let down into the sea brought up a number of the little sparkling organisms which caused the phosphorescence. Fragments of science, V. 1-2 As he rubbed around his eyes Marufa, who was expecting a miracle, observed the growing phosphorescence in stoical calm, while Mungongo, delighted at the long deferred proof of his boasts, grunted admiringly. Witch-Doctors There was a sheen on everything, a soft, glowing sheen of phosphorescence from the rocks rising to meet the pale wan starlight. Beyond the Vanishing Point I suppose I'll have to repeat that: "... there being no phosphorescence in the water." The Book of the Damned For an hour David Grief had been leaning on the rail at the lee fore-rigging, gazing overside at the steady phosphorescence of her gait. A Son Of The Sun She had seen phosphorescence off the float in the black night, and heard the clean, quiet splash of his dive. We Three We have given the above quotation at full length, because it proves, in an interesting manner, the fact that phosphorescence, or luminosity, of the sea is actually produced by multitudes of living creatures. The Ocean and its Wonders “It is called phosphorescence,” replied the doctor, leaning over the bulwarks, and looking down at the fiery serpent that seemed as if it clung to the ship’s rudder. The Red Eric Thinking in terms of the conventional explanation of all phosphorescence at sea, the captain at first suspected this substance. The Book of the Damned Beneath, centred about the slubbering noise, was an area of agitated phosphorescence. A Son Of The Sun I could see the phosphorescence of his moving body as he swam away into the shadows beyond my line of vision. Tarrano the Conqueror “We call it the phosphorescence of the sea, because it resembles the glow emitted by phosphorus,” he answered. Twice Lost “I was watching the phosphorescence of the sea, sir, and you came and stood close to me and began talking.” Sail Ho! A Boy at Sea As to phosphorescence—"I collected a bucketful of water, and examined it under the microscope, but could not detect anything abnormal." The Book of the Damned The tepid sea-water, with here and there tiny globules of phosphorescence, washed about his ankles and knees. A Son Of The Sun Taking tight hold of the bulwark, he literally rolled over the side and let himself down into the sea, with the phosphorescence making his body, limbs, and feet even, visible like those of his companion. Menhardoc Then all was silence and darkness save where the movement of an oar sculling over the stern made the water flash and gleam with phosphorescence, and raised up ripples of pale lambent, golden light. The Black Bar But it was not there alone that the phosphorescence of the sea was visible. The Adventures of Don Lavington Nolens Volens And already they could begin to see a dim phosphorescence glowing from the rocks near at hand. The Girl in the Golden Atom Or a phosphorescence lighting up the traces of the movements of the brain. The Mind and the Brain Being the Authorised Translation of L'Âme et le Corps They swam on, every stroke making the water flash, and the phosphorescence, like pale golden oil, sweep aside and ripple and flow upon the surface. Menhardoc “Nothing beyond a most unusual and exceedingly beautiful state of phosphorescence,” I replied. The Strange Adventures of Eric Blackburn Spell, pronounce,and explain: phosphorescence, lure, stationary, propitiated, polytheistic, tattooing, caustic. Story Hour Readings: Seventh Year It would have been red doubtless by sunlight in the world above, but here in this silver light of phosphorescence, the color red, as we see it, was impossible. The Girl in the Golden Atom Before long, occasional flashes of light, being the phosphorescence churned up by the tails of a pod of mackerel, could be seen from the deck. The Boy With the U. S. Fisheries Exposed to the air phosphorus slowly combines with oxygen, and in so doing emits a pale light, or phosphorescence, which can be seen only in a dark place. An Elementary Study of Chemistry At night Warlock's peculiar vegetation displayed a very alien attribute—ten ... twenty varieties of grass, plant, and tree emitted a wan phosphorescence, varying in degree, but affording each an aura of light. Storm Over Warlock The silver pillars had begun to give out a faint soft glow like the silver phosphorescence that lies in sea pools in summer time. The Magic City The Very Young Man, seated at the front end of the platform with his legs dangling over and his feet only a few inches above the silver phosphorescence of the rippling water underneath, sighed luxuriously. The Girl in the Golden Atom Below, on the black sea, the thrust of the vessel threw up a great welt which bordered the wedge of disturbed waters: phosphorescence gleamed like great wet stars. Terry A Tale of the Hill People Its magic wand With phosphorescence ting'd that Stygian pool Of chill despair, in which his soul had sank Lower and lower still. Man of Uz, and Other Poems It had been noticed in 1869 that a strange colouring was caused when an electric charge was sent through a vacuum tube—the walls of the glass tube began to glow with a greenish phosphorescence. The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) A Plain Story Simply Told The light there is on such a day seems not so much to come from the clear heavens as to be a phosphorescence clinging to the shapes themselves. The Napoleon of Notting Hill Our intellect, which is merely a kind of phosphorescence that plays on this inner sea, has as yet but faint knowledge of it. The Buried Temple Light ... along with the cold, there was a phosphorescence on the water—white patches floating, dipping, riding the waves. Key Out of Time Love, in his stories, is either a feeble phosphorescence or a gigantic grotesquerie. A Book of Prefaces The phosphorescence of the water at night was also against them. The Story of Paul Boyton Voyages on All the Great Rivers of the World The phosphorescence of the electronic tubes was like a comet's tail behind us as we slid upward. Brigands of the Moon He saw her eyes; they were like pools of lambent phosphorescence in the black shadow of her hair. Daughter of the Sun A Tale of Adventure The butcher who sent the meat told him the phosphorescence was first observed in a cellar, where he kept scraps for making sausages. Scientific American, Volume 40, No. 13, March 29, 1879 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures But a backsliding always follows this phosphorescence of reform. A Book of Prefaces Out over the swamp, weird patches of phosphorescence moved in small ghostly clouds, and bright dots of insects with their own built-in lighting systems flashed spark-fashion or sailed serenely on regular flight plans. Voodoo Planet His face, thin almost to emaciation, was flushed to a deep, feverish red, but his lips took on a more unbending line than ever and his eyes burned like bits of phosphorescence in the semidarkness. The Best Short Stories of 1921 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story The sky was cloudy and the moon obscured, but the phosphorescence of water common in these latitudes at this season marked the prow and wake of the advancing ships with lines of smoky flame. Our Navy in the War On scratching the surface or wiping it vigorously, the phosphorescence disappears for a time; and the butcher wiped carefully the meat he sent out. Scientific American, Volume 40, No. 13, March 29, 1879 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures Rembrandt's ideal, sought as in a dream with closed eyes, is Light: the nimbus around objects, the phosphorescence that comes against a black background. The Mind of the Artist Thoughts and Sayings of Painters and Sculptors on Their Art But how that likeness fashioned of phosphorescence had been sent by an absent man to hunt his enemies was a eerie puzzle. Voodoo Planet Round spots of light, dull, greenish, close to the ground, as if someone had flung a handful of phosphorescence into the dark. Star Born He stared down at the flashes of phosphorescence, blindly. Parrot & Co. The meat must be fresh; when it ceases to be so, the phosphorescence ceases, and Bacterium termo appear. Scientific American, Volume 40, No. 13, March 29, 1879 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures That great and many-sided wonder, whether with its glare of phosphorescence or the stillness of its dead calm, fascinates the poems of Sharp and lends them its spell. Among Famous Books I have seen the like of it only once before, and this was on the Pacific down at Asilomar one evening, when the waves were running fire with phosphorescence. Soldier Silhouettes on our Front She blazed in the electric illumination, and her large hat, with its swelling plumes, threw her dusky features into shadow—her eyes seemed far away under its brim and glowed with unholy phosphorescence. Visionaries In all probability—one may almost say certainly—ordinary light is the result of electric oscillation in the molecules of hot bodies, or sometimes of bodies not hot—as in the phenomenon of phosphorescence. Scientific American Supplement, No. 717, September 28, 1889 Certain "flaming" arcs involve both principles, but the light of the firefly, phosphorescence, and incandescent gas in "vacuum" tubes cannot be included in this simplified classification. Artificial Light Its Influence upon Civilization He was again leaning over the rail, watching the phosphorescence trail away, a shoulder barely touching his: one of the few women who had ever stirred him after the first glance. The Adventures of Kathlyn Then my friend continued his observations as we stood there on the aft deck watching the white waves break, glorious with phosphorescence. Soldier Silhouettes on our Front Return Luminous jewels figure frequently in Eastern tales, and within recent years, from experiments and observations, the phosphorescence of the diamond, sapphire, ruby, and topaz has been fully established. Flowers from a Persian Garden and Other Papers On one occasion only the Rattlesnake came across a quantity of an allied Ascidian, Pyrosoma, which had received its name from its phosphorescence. Thomas Henry Huxley; A Sketch Of His Life And Work A good deal has been said of the firefly and of phosphorescence. Artificial Light Its Influence upon Civilization Nothing could be seen but the glow of the eyes, that seemed to have something of the phosphorescence of the cat species, but he could not mistake the meaning of what he saw. The Jungle Fugitives A Tale of Life and Adventure in India Including also Many Stories of American Adventure, Enterprise and Daring A third source of light is phosphorescence, as we see it in the glow-worm and fireflies. A Catechism of Familiar Things; Their History, and the Events Which Led to Their Discovery. With a Short Explanation of Some of the Principal Natural Phenomena. For the Use of Schools and Families. Enlarged and Revised Edition. Students of this subject will notice that the views expressed are similar to those subsequently put forward by Lenard and Saeland in explanation of phosphorescence. The Birth-Time of the World and Other Scientific Essays The phosphorescence was intermittent, periods of darkness alternating with periods of brilliancy. Thomas Henry Huxley; A Sketch Of His Life And Work It is valuable as a source of ultra-violet for exciting phosphorescence, for examining the transmission of glasses for this radiation, for sterilizing water, for medical purposes, and for photography. Artificial Light Its Influence upon Civilization The clouds became tremulous masses of argent phosphorescence. The Eternal Maiden Such accounts are enough to indicate how varied and how general a phenomenon is the phosphorescence of the sea. Young Folks' Library, Volume XI (of 20) Wonders of Earth, Sea and Sky In the evening they went to their favourite seat on the anchor and watched the phosphorescence shimmering away in ghostly paths to the star-splashed sky. Captivity The Acalephæ are the principal agents concerned in the production of the beautiful phenomena of phosphorescence. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 423 Volume 17, New Series, February 7, 1852 Wells, with his rare skill and with the license so often envied by the writer of facts, has drawn upon the characteristics of fluorescence and phosphorescence. Artificial Light Its Influence upon Civilization Over the glacial expanse an eerily greenish phosphorescence, which palpitated and shifted at times with vivid splashes of opal and deeper tones of burning blue, hung low. The Eternal Maiden Among mollusks, the best known instance of phosphorescence is in the rock-boring Pholas, the luminosity of which after death is mentioned by Pliny. Young Folks' Library, Volume XI (of 20) Wonders of Earth, Sea and Sky The pale phosphorescence on the wave, the simple sounds as of fish stirring in the water—the beauty and wonder of Night's dwelling-place seemed beyond content of mortality. Henry Brocken His Travels and Adventures in the Rich, Strange, Scarce-Imaginable Regions of Romance Even in our own seas very beautiful displays of phosphorescence may be witnessed. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 423 Volume 17, New Series, February 7, 1852 A substance of the same brightness by virtue of its temperature would be hot; hence phosphorescence is said to be "cold" light. Artificial Light Its Influence upon Civilization Seaward, at times, where the splitting floes crashed against one another, there ran zigzag lines of phosphorescence. The Eternal Maiden In both of the jelly-fishes just mentioned the phosphorescence, when displayed at all, is on the surface of the swimming disk, and this is most commonly the case with the whole group. Young Folks' Library, Volume XI (of 20) Wonders of Earth, Sea and Sky He applies his ideas not only to the phenomena presented by irreversible steels, but also to very different facts; for example, to phosphorescence, certain particularities of which may be interpreted in an analogous manner. The New Physics and Its Evolution We can say nothing with certainty as to the cause of the phosphorescence of the medusæ, and shall not trouble our readers with mere speculations. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 423 Volume 17, New Series, February 7, 1852 As yet little is known regarding the efficiency of light-production by phosphorescence. Artificial Light Its Influence upon Civilization All inky black except the phosphorescence, miles and miles of it! The Honorable Percival At other times, again, the phosphorescence is still more partial. Young Folks' Library, Volume XI (of 20) Wonders of Earth, Sea and Sky Sir W. Crookes has invented a curious little apparatus, the spinthariscope, which enables us to examine the phosphorescence of the blende excited by these rays. The New Physics and Its Evolution Lime becomes most brilliantly incandescent, owing partly to the excess being raised to a very high temperature by the heat developed during the decomposition, and partly to the phosphorescence of the calcium fluoride formed. Scientific American Supplement, No. 832, December 12, 1891 All the energy falling upon it is not capable of exciting phosphorescence, as may be readily shown. Artificial Light Its Influence upon Civilization The world got darker, and the waves, breaking from the ship's bows, began to spill a luminous phosphorescence on the sea. Tell England A Study in a Generation At one time it was believed that the presence of oxygen was not necessary to the exhibition of phosphorescence in organic forms, but it has now been placed beyond doubt that this is a mistake. Young Folks' Library, Volume XI (of 20) Wonders of Earth, Sea and Sky On one ground, however, there is hope that he may yet shine in our uneasy gloom with something more effective than the glow of phosphorescence. Painted Windows Studies in Religious Personality The sea, which had been of a lovely blue colour during the day, showed a slight phosphorescence after dark. A Voyage in the 'Sunbeam' Our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months There are many ways of exciting phosphorescence and fluorescence, the latter being merely an unenduring phosphorescence, which ceases when the exciting energy is cut off. Artificial Light Its Influence upon Civilization The only thing that kindles a mild phosphorescence, a dim luminousness as of a bedside match-tray in the dark, in their eyes is when they hear of somebody's what they call conspicuous moderation. The Altar Steps With reference to the phosphorescence of animals, this observation is important, for it has been shown in a great many cases that a fatty substance forms the main constituent in their luminous organs. Young Folks' Library, Volume XI (of 20) Wonders of Earth, Sea and Sky Minute as these microscopic creatures are, every motion and flash is the result of volition, and not a mere chemic or mechanic phosphorescence. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 28, July, 1873 There was no phosphorescence, no glitter or sparkle. Sheila of Big Wreck Cove A Story of Cape Cod At present such phenomena as fluorescence, phosphorescence, the light of the firefly, chemi-luminescence, etc., are examples of this kind of light-production. Artificial Light Its Influence upon Civilization The first is turned into liquid gold by the phosphorescence, and the full moon silvers everything else. The Honorable Peter Stirling and What People Thought of Him In some cases the phosphorescence is spontaneous among them, but in others it is not so; the creature requires to be irritated or stimulated in some way before it will emit the light. Young Folks' Library, Volume XI (of 20) Wonders of Earth, Sea and Sky Overside, in the furrow of the disturbed waters, the phosphorescence flashed perpetually beneath the shadow of the ship. African Camp Fires The blue water stirred by the bow was wonderfully bright, a mass of coruscating phosphorescence that lighted the prow like a lamp. White Shadows in the South Seas His eyes gleamed with a phosphorescence like that which one sees on the water on a lowering night. The Young Engineers on the Gulf Or, The Dread Mystery of the Million Dollar Breakwater The other circumstances appeared to be due to the decay of the ancient city, to the decomposition of accumulated matter, to phosphorescence and gaseous exhalations. After London Or, Wild England It is from this latter seat that the phosphorescence proceeds in Oceania pilata, the form which gives out such a light that Ehrenberg compared it to a lamp-globe lighted by a flame. Young Folks' Library, Volume XI (of 20) Wonders of Earth, Sea and Sky The phosphorescence that played in the black waves near Elias's boat shone weirdly in the foam round the other boat, which seemed to plough up and roll waves of fire about her sides. The Visionary Pictures From Nordland The night before the islands were to come into view the sea was lit by phosphorescence so magnificently that even my shipmates, absorbed in �cart� below, called to one another to view it. White Shadows in the South Seas He noticed, too, that the whole patch of barren land glowed with a strange phosphorescence like rotted wood. The Boy Inventors' Radio Telephone Heretofore, I had beheld several exhibitions of marine phosphorescence, both in the Atlantic and Pacific. Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. I In all the cases mentioned the phenomenon of phosphorescence is exhibited by invertebrate animals; but though rare, it is not an unknown phenomenon even in living vertebrates. Young Folks' Library, Volume XI (of 20) Wonders of Earth, Sea and Sky At last they turned their steps homeward, crossing the little sandy key, between which and the beach lay a channel shoulder-deep, its translucent waves now glimmering with phosphorescence. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 23, February, 1873 In the bright phosphorescence he could plainly make out the rope-ends on board her. Weird Tales from Northern Seas From the boulevard they went back to the pavilion and walked along the beach, and looked for a long time at the phosphorescence on the water. The Duel and Other Stories If it is desired to produce phosphorescence, the bulb should be larger, else it would be apt to get too hot, and the phosphorescence would cease. Experiments with Alternate Currents of High Potential and High Frequency But if such sights are to be seen on the surface, what must not be the phosphorescence of the depths! Young Folks' Library, Volume XI (of 20) Wonders of Earth, Sea and Sky The violet phosphorescence lighted them on their way, and tracked with luminous curve and star every move of the enemy. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 23, February, 1873 The pressure here is 0.076 millimeter, or 100 M. The next stage, dealing with more rarefied matter, is that of phosphorescence. Scientific American Supplement, No. 795, March 28, 1891 My guide pointed to the constellation of Perseus, and I could discern a nebulous mass of considerable diameter from which proceeded a wisp-like exhalation, just a phantasmal fan of phosphorescence, behind it. The Certainty of a Future Life in Mars The bulb may be exhausted to a fairly high degree, nearly to the point when phosphorescence begins to appear. Experiments with Alternate Currents of High Potential and High Frequency We will return to that form of marine luminosity to which we first referred: what is known as the general or diffused phosphorescence of the sea. Young Folks' Library, Volume XI (of 20) Wonders of Earth, Sea and Sky The sea is like molten silver with phosphorescence under the lash of the wind. In the Ranks of the C.I.V. With yttria in a vacuum tube, the point of maximum phosphorescence, as I have already pointed out, lies on the margin of the dark space. Scientific American Supplement, No. 795, March 28, 1891 They glimmered in the shadow with an unholy phosphorescence—green, blue, carmine, strange purplish browns. The Collectors Even if the analysis of the light would teach him something definite, still he would probably rank it under the phenomena of phosphorescence. Experiments with Alternate Currents of High Potential and High Frequency Nevertheless, this lowly form is the chief cause of that diffused phosphorescence which is sometimes seen over a wide extent of the ocean. Young Folks' Library, Volume XI (of 20) Wonders of Earth, Sea and Sky The short, broad streets are abandoned early to the blue phosphorescence of the TV and the evening rustle of newspapers. Unmanned The height of the curve represents the degree of phosphorescence. Scientific American Supplement, No. 795, March 28, 1891 There are various ways to bring about this result: by having its outlines waver in the twilight, by touches of phosphorescence, or by the passing of inexplicable shadows or the like. The Art of the Moving Picture Then, if a metal be in a large measure, or perhaps entirely, deprived of that property, it should be capable of phosphorescence. Experiments with Alternate Currents of High Potential and High Frequency It is not merely on land that this phenomenon of phosphorescence is to be seen in living forms. Young Folks' Library, Volume XI (of 20) Wonders of Earth, Sea and Sky You, the De Young whose splendor bright and brave Is phosphorescence from another's grave— Till now unknown, by any chance or luck, Even to the hearts at which you, feebly struck? Black Beetles in Amber A quantity of "electrode matter" will be shot off from the silver pole, and practically none from the aluminum pole; but you see that in each case the phosphorescence, CC', is identical. Scientific American Supplement, No. 795, March 28, 1891 In the hollows where the batteries lie hid, in the middle of a fan-shaped phosphorescence, we see the silhouettes of the gunners as they thrust in the shells. Light The degree of exhaustion is just such that with the potential the coil is capable of giving phosphorescence of the glass is produced, but disappears as soon as the vacuum is impaired. Experiments with Alternate Currents of High Potential and High Frequency During the same expedition, a number of deep-sea phosphorescent crustaceans were dredged up, the phosphorescence being in some cases diffused over the whole body, in other cases localized to particular areas. Young Folks' Library, Volume XI (of 20) Wonders of Earth, Sea and Sky As it got darker I began to see all manner of glowing things in the water—phosphorescence, you know. The Stolen Bacillus and Other Incidents Had the radiant electrode matter been the active agent, the more intense phosphorescence would proceed from the more volatile pole. Scientific American Supplement, No. 795, March 28, 1891 The tempest resembles a cathedral hung with mourning, but no light in that cathedral: no phantom lights on the crests of the waves, no spark, no phosphorescence, naught but a huge shadow. The Man Who Laughs The lime containing moisture, and moisture being given off as soon as heating occurs, the phosphorescence lasts only for a few moments. Experiments with Alternate Currents of High Potential and High Frequency But if animal phosphorescence is really due to a process of slow oxidation, there is one singular circumstance to be noted in connection with it. Young Folks' Library, Volume XI (of 20) Wonders of Earth, Sea and Sky A boat was immediately sent, and from the phosphorescence of the water, some one was discovered swimming towards the shore. A Voyage Round the World, Volume I Including Travels in Africa, Asia, Australasia, America, etc., etc., from 1827 to 1832 The composition of the gaseous residue present does not affect phosphorescence; thus, the earth yttria phosphoresces well in the residual vacua of atmospherical air, of oxygen, nitrogen, carbonic anhydride, hydrogen, iodine, sulphur and mercury. Scientific American Supplement, No. 795, March 28, 1891 Many of them glow with a dull phosphorescence, instead of bright coloring. Clairvoyance and Occult Powers Between the flashes of phosphorescence, the polished mirror of dark water was not blurred by so much as a breath. Tent Life in Siberia Now, throughout this sub-division of the Actinozoa phosphorescence is a very general phenomenon. Young Folks' Library, Volume XI (of 20) Wonders of Earth, Sea and Sky Even the "pyrophores" obstinately refused to show themselves to him, and attract him by the phosphorescences of their corselet. Dick Sand A Captain at Fifteen As it got darker I began to see all manner of glowing things in the water— phosphorescence, you know. The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories The human aura is not always in a state of calm phosphorescence, however. Clairvoyance and Occult Powers Her innocence, her candour, her warm beauty, which was like a pale phosphorescence in the starlit darkness—all had their potent effect upon me in that moment. O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1920 By that it is meant that animal phosphorescence is attended, like the artificial phenomenon, by a slow chemical action, or in other words, that the phosphorescent light is due to a gradual process of oxidation. Young Folks' Library, Volume XI (of 20) Wonders of Earth, Sea and Sky The sentinels on the bridge were no longer scanning the surface of the sea with its pale phosphorescence. Mare Nostrum (Our Sea) A Novel Consequently, the amount of light, even in an ordinary dark room, is sufficient to render the things of the Other-World invisible, on the same principle that faint phosphorescence is only visible in the profoundest darkness. The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories It was, by guess, about nine o'clock; and there was no light except the phosphorescence of the water. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 48, October, 1861 The gigantic slab before me glowed with them, silver wavelets of phosphorescence pulsed over its surface and then—it turned as though on a pivot, sighing softly as it moved! The Moon Pool The so-called phosphorescence of most inorganic bodies is one of a totally different nature from that exhibited in organic forms. Young Folks' Library, Volume XI (of 20) Wonders of Earth, Sea and Sky It is well known that there are insects and other creatures of the lower animal kingdom which possess the peculiar quality of phosphorescence. Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine Not a taper showed anywhere round its circumference, but a mysterious kind of radiance like sea phosphorescence beamed from the palace porch. Gulliver of Mars The rains had imparted a phosphorescence to the pieces of touchwood and rotting leaves that lay about her path, which, as scattered by her feet, spread abroad like spilt milk. The Woodlanders I saw faint gleams pass over it as of fleeting phosphorescence—but so faint were they that I could not be sure of the truth of my observation. The Moon Pool But we must now return to the other questions that have been started in relation to phosphorescence in animals. Young Folks' Library, Volume XI (of 20) Wonders of Earth, Sea and Sky Percy and Stokes have observed phosphorescence in a carcinomatous ulcer. Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine Thin snow clouds were flying overhead, so that the sky looked gray, with a dull phosphorescence. The Song of the Lark As they stood gazing on this extraordinary sight, suddenly, almost as instantaneously as the switching off of an electric light, the phosphorescence of the sea flickered and vanished. The Blue Lagoon: a romance Little glints of phosphorescence shone out within the metallic green of the outer iris ring. The Moon Pool We all followed his movements with our eyes, for undoubtedly some nervousness was growing on us, and we saw a whole mass of phosphorescence, which twinkled like stars. Dracula Turning sharply, he walked towards the city's gold phosphorescence. Sons and Lovers Now I can account for this phosphorescence in the supposed narwhal that puzzled us so. Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea Whilst all the landscape was in neutral shade his companion's face, which was the focus of his eyes, rising above the mist stratum, seemed to have a sort of phosphorescence upon it. Tess of the d'Urbervilles On his face was the Dweller's dreadful stamp; the lips were bloodless; the eyes were wide, lucent, something like pale, phosphorescence gleaming within them—and soulless. The Moon Pool The façades took on purple colours, and the decaying masses of vines that weighed heavily upon the fences seemed to glow and shine from within with the very phosphorescence of decay. The Indian Lily and Other Stories They heard its multitudinous rush of voices as the surge below raced by—a giant frieze in which the phosphorescence painted dancing forms and palely luminous faces. The Centaur In its whiteness and intensity I recognised that electric light which played round the submarine boat like a magnificent phenomenon of phosphorescence. Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea Along its crest fire played like swords in the sunlight, and now and again sheeted flame lightened the monstrous expanse so that it glowed with the pale phosphorescence of a summer sea. The Fortune Hunter Through the water tiny gleams of phosphorescence began to dart, sparkles and coruscations of pale incandescence. The Moon Pool The sky was bright with stars; the land lay low and dark against the horizon; the sea whispered round the ship and sparkled with golden phosphorescence. The Mutineers The boy moved round and stood close to his side so that he found himself placed between them, all three leaning forward over the rails watching the phosphorescence of the foam-streaked Mediterranean. The Centaur Sometimes I tried to pierce the intense darkness that was only dispelled by the phosphorescence caused by our movements. Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea His short ears were laid back close to his head, his yellow eyes glowed as though they were balls of phosphorescence, and the hair on his back seemed to stand up on end. With Trapper Jim in the North Woods The brighter stars shone out dimly through a hazy sky; gleams of phosphorescence tipped the crests of the waves and sparkled with an almost angry brilliance as the bow of the Suwarna tossed them aside. The Moon Pool But he gave me a feeling of vivid sadness, a sadness that gleamed like phosphorescence. Twilight in Italy The sea roared continuously without that rise and fall of the breakers which marks a deeper coast, and from the face of the water there arose a filmy mist—part foam, part phosphorescence. Roden's Corner It is a lovely night, and, besides, you are now halfway across the ocean, and yet I don't think you have been out once to see the phosphorescence. In a Steamer Chair and Other Stories The trembling foam of the long wake showed glancing points of phosphorescence here and there, while low on the eastern sky a great silver planet burned like a signal lamp. What Katy Did Next Now a shoal of porpoises, now a distant sail or an iceberg, now the beautiful phosphorescence or the red light of a passing ship—the Bishop. Crowded Out! and Other Sketches At its maximum it is the white ecstasy of phosphorescence, in the darkness, always amid the darkness, as under the black fur of a cat. Twilight in Italy It was for a time contended that this phosphorescence was a quality of the water itself. Jack in the Forecastle or, Incidents in the Early Life of Hawser Martingale "Yes," she answered aloud, with more firmness in her voice than might have seemed necessary, "I will be happy to walk on the deck with you to see the phosphorescence." In a Steamer Chair and Other Stories But what vividness is there in the subsequent insertion of "Sole star of phosphorescence in the calm." between the first line and the second. The Early Poems of Alfred Lord Tennyson In an analogous manner the author explains the phenomena of phosphorescence which Crookes' elicits by the action of his radiant matter. Scientific American Supplement, No. 288, July 9, 1881 In the dim phosphorescence of the night Olivier would see the dark, heavy branches of the pines moving like ghosts outside his window: and Antoinette's laughter would comfort him. Jean Christophe: in Paris The Market-Place, Antoinette, the House It is now admitted that the phosphorescence of sea water is a property not belonging to itself, but is produced by animalcula, or microscopic creatures. Jack in the Forecastle or, Incidents in the Early Life of Hawser Martingale "Yes," he said, with a smile that she could not see in the darkness, "of phosphorescence." In a Steamer Chair and Other Stories How living seem the smoulderings and the flashings of the tide on nights of phosphorescence!—how reptilian the subtle shifting of the tints of its chilly flame! In Ghostly Japan Staniford stepped to the ship's side, and flung the end of his cigarette overboard; it struck, a red spark amidst the lurid phosphorescence of the bubbles that swept backward from the vessel's prow. The Lady of the Aroostook The Spring and Summer developed in their multi-coloured glory: they burned with fiery splendour; the pine-trees glowed with a resinous phosphorescence. Tales of the Wilderness Sea: vegetation in the. phosphorescence of the. volcanic shocks in the. temperature of, see Ocean. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 3 Sometimes it was the shimmering phosphorescence, then again it was the wraith hovering over the trunk. In a Steamer Chair and Other Stories There was a long, loud swishing astern of the boat, and a gleaming trail of phosphorescence, like blue flame, was furrowed on the black waters. Men, Women, and Boats So she never knew that her second sign was only a rotten tree, shining with the phosphorescence of corruption. Gone to Earth At night the water is brilliant with phosphorescence, and when the boats glide through it they throw out a thousand colors; even the reflection of the stars is multicolored. In the Courts of Memory, 1858 1875; from Contemporary Letters The spectacle of the phosphorescence of the ocean and the sports of the porpoises which surrounded our canoe somewhat atoned for this disappointment. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 3 "Now," he said, "if we are fortunate enough to find the place behind the after-wheel house vacant we can have a splendid view of the phosphorescence." In a Steamer Chair and Other Stories For a while he nodded, half asleep, beside his fire, watching the darkened river, where the mullet, shimmering with phosphorescence, still leaped starkly above the surface, and fell in spattering brilliance. The Best American Humorous Short Stories The _Rio Negro _carried no lights, but the phosphorescence shone upon her wet plates as she rolled them out of the water. The Buccaneer Farmer Published in England under the Title "Askew's Victory" She had contented herself with opening one of the window shutters, and the continual lightning flashes of the storm which was passing southward in the dark sky, sufficed her, bathing everything in a livid phosphorescence. Doctor Pascal The phosphorescence of sea-water seems however to be augmented by their presence, especially between 28 and 30 degrees of north latitude, which indicates an origin of some sort of animal nature. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 3 "Now," said Morris, with a sigh, "we have the phosphorescence to ourselves." In a Steamer Chair and Other Stories The occasional phosphorescence of the yeasting sea cast a glare upon their uplifted faces, as a night fire in a populous city lights up the panic-stricken crowd. White Jacket or, the World on a Man-of-War Then the launch sank back into the trough, where the gloom was only broken by the glimmer of the phosphorescence that spangled the water. The Buccaneer Farmer Published in England under the Title "Askew's Victory" I knew the site of the hut and the hill behind it up which I had rushed, and in the flickering glow the eyes of the rats still shone with a sort of phosphorescence. Dracula's Guest The surges beat on the shore louder than the ordinary, and the foam, even in these day hours, seemed to throw up a faint phosphorescence. The Mystery The harbor lights dropped, pair by pair, back into the night; the vibration of the propeller became a sub-conscious murmur; over the placid water astern a rippling phosphorescence was stirred and subsided. Cytherea The ship rocks over immense swells; night falls very black; and there are surprising displays of phosphorescence. Two Years in the French West Indies Fuselli leaned over the rail and looked down at the faint phosphorescence that was the only light in the whole black gulf. Three Soldiers Sometimes, in galvanising the medusa, the phosphorescence appears at the moment that the chain closes, though the exciters are not in immediate contact with the organs of the animal. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1 The light of the beach fires followed her till they too faded, and only the phosphorescence of the sea attended her into the night. Louis Agassiz: His Life and Correspondence Their work is a mass of decay touched with gleams of phosphorescence. The Valley of Vision : a Book of Romance an Some Half Told Tales Driving tepid rain; and an intense darkness, broken only by the phosphorescence of the sea, which to-night displays extraordinary radiance. Two Years in the French West Indies I felt the fever and heat of this inner sphere like a delirious breath blow fiercely about me; there was a phosphorescence of hot and lurid colours. AE in the Irish Theosophist If we rub wood with the body of a medusa, and the part rubbed ceases shining, the phosphorescence returns if we pass a dry hand over the wood. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1 Really it might have been nothing more than the phosphorescence rising from a heap of fungus, or even from a decaying animal. She and Allan How the light flashed on its shimmering folds like the rippling phosphorescence on southern seas! … as green and clear and brilliant as rays reflected from thousands and thousands of glistening emeralds! Ardath And, on this last hypothesis, is this brightness owing to a kind of phosphorescence, or to the state of incandescence of the nucleus? Ragnarok : the Age of Fire and Gravel Forward staggered the devil dancer—tall, haggard, with deep sunken eyes and matted hair, face now smeared with dirt and blood- red with the reflection of the strange, unearthly phosphorescence. The War Terror The phosphorescence of the ocean seemed to augment the mass of light diffused through the air. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1 I had heard somewhere that there is a phosphorescence appearing during decay of organic substances which once gave rise to the ancient superstition of "corpse lights" and the will-o'-the-wisp. The Dream Doctor Death and decay have nothing to do directly with the phosphorescence of the sea, though they have a little indirectly. Hilda Wade, a Woman with Tenacity of Purpose Ruby, sapphire, and emerald give a deep red, crimson, or lilac phosphorescence, and sulphate of zinc a magnificent green glow. The Story of Electricity I looked closely and could see that the water glowed in the dark with a peculiar phosphorescence. The War Terror I do not hesitate to speak on a subject of which voyagers discourse as frequently as of dolphins, sharks, sea-sickness, and the phosphorescence of the ocean. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1 Maybe they were attracted to the phosphorescence of the computer screen. Underground Tell me something more about the animalcula that cause the phosphorescence yonder—making the top of each wave look like a fringe of fire. St. Elmo Where they strike on the glass of the tube it is seen to glow with a green or bluish phosphorescence, and it will ultimately soften with heat. The Story of Electricity |
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