| 单词 | phosphorescent |
| 例句 | Perry, his eyes glitteringly immense in a face now almost phosphorescently pale, studied the ceiling; and presently, after placing a picture postcard on the patient’s bedside table, the rebuffed visitor departed. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z The line showed like a phosphorescent streak in the water straight out from his shoulders. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z He was a phosphorescent target; he knew it, he felt it. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z Beatty's pink, phosphorescent cheeks glimmered in the high darkness, and he was smiling furiously. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z His hand was phosphorescent from skinning the fish and he watched the flow of the water against it. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The LED glowpaint smeared on Nailer’s forehead gave a dim green phosphorescent view of the service ducts that made up his world. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z On Halloween night, all over Sacramento, children dressed up as ghosts or Frankensteins or dime-store skeletons with phosphorescent bones. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Their fish tails shimmered in rainbow colors, glowing phosphorescent. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z The stars were white and sharp beyond the flesh of the Martian, and they were sewn into his flesh like scintillas swallowed into the thin, phosphorescent membrane of a gelatinous sea fish. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Passing through the willows’ leaves, it turned them a phosphorescent green. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I’m walking naked as a beam of light along brick paths and squares of grass, phosphorescent and clean. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Then the water brightened, as though a school of phosphorescent fish had entered the harbor. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z He pecks for a moment at the scarecrow’s pole that rises in the center of the whirlpool eye, dislodging a tiny phosphorescent sea slug and devouring it. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Then he reaches to his chest and examines the blue phosphorescent ooze on his shirt. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Behind them glittered the astounding ocean with its heaving storms, flying fish, breaching whales, and curls of phosphorescent waves. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The sea behind was a patchwork of black water and phosphorescent foam, and the last of the burning zeppelin’s flames were dwindling into nothing as it sank. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z At multiple depths, as far as I could see, there were evanescent trails of phosphorescent green bubbles, the wake of speeding fish. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Few lights burned; but from a half-dozen chimneys slow, almost phosphorescent pinon smoke emerged, dissipating in a flat way over the town, seeping into bushy cottonwood foliage. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The basin was full of an emerald liquid emitting that phosphorescent glow. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Long, cool perspectives of modern architecture, rising phosphorescent and eerie from the rubble. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z The left hand was curled open; the fingers were filthy; the wristwatch gave off a green phosphorescent shine as it slipped beneath the thick waters. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Shining their phosphorescent eyes and shooting them in the dark. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z Outside, mockingbirds were singing blithely, and, once in a while, when the songsters took flight, Mariam could see their wings catching the phosphorescent blue of moonlight beaming through the clouds. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z At its center was a vast shimmering lake that glowed with a pale phosphorescent light. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Ms. Abbott plants a strange phosphorescent lake in the region, attaches frightening symptoms to the girls’ attacks and then keeps her readers scared and guessing. A Critic’s Survey of Summer Books 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z Visitors jumped as a flash captured their airborne silhouettes against a wall covered with phosphorescent laminate, and guffawed at their upside-down selves in a huge concave mirror. Heads Up: A San Francisco Museum, Reborn on the Bay 2013-08-06T21:07:35Z The novel becomes a phosphorescent examination of sexual consent, especially when applied to student-teacher relationships. Times Critics’ Top Books of 2019 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z It is a phosphorescent examination of sexual consent, especially when applied to student-teacher relationships. For the Performing Arts Students in This Novel, Drama Is a Way of Life 2019-04-01T04:00:00Z At no point, for example, does Nick Carraway hurtle though a phosphorescent alien jungle, or smash up New York with his fists, or put on a bikini and get eaten by a swarm of piranhas. The Great Gatsby trailer shows Baz Luhrmann putting 3D to good use 2012-05-23T14:20:42Z Since its 1982 debut, “Blade Runner,” set in a phosphorescent, futuristic Los Angeles and directed by Ridley Scott, has tempted fans to see it as coming to life, well, everywhere. Am I in Manhattan? Or Another Sequel to ‘Blade Runner’? 2021-03-11T05:00:00Z That night we had dinner on the beach, a wonderful night: the deep blue phosphorescent evening, the strings of lights around the outdoor restaurants, the butane torches flaring an incandescent orange. Beach holiday tragedy 2011-08-05T22:01:58Z I imagined stepping off the plane into a sea of phosphorescent green aurora, but when we arrived, the sky was cloudy. Greeting the New Year in Earth’s Northernmost Settlement 2019-12-30T05:00:00Z Thriller lighting from Jonathan Belcher, alternately shadowy and phosphorescent, evoked burned-out industrial wastelands or interrogation cells. Dance Review: Feet on the Furniture, and Other Playful Moves 2011-02-20T22:56:13Z A despondent Nancy scars her own face, leaving phosphorescent Frankenstein stitches. REVIEW: Eva Green Is the Dame to Kill For in Sin City 2 2014-08-22T04:00:00Z A nice city, but it's neat patches of parkland and grey high-rises are no match for breaching whales, phosphorescent fish and crouching tigers, or the sight if Pi, howling like Job into stormy skies. Life of Pi – review 2012-09-30T12:56:33Z But its most distinctive feature is a sonic glow as entrancing as a phosphorescent sea. Review: In ‘The Upper Room,’ Homesteaders Living an Eco-Nightmare 2015-05-29T04:00:00Z An alchemical ingredient was the lighting, which subtly increased as daylight waned: fabric and jewelry gleamed as if they were phosphorescent. An Enchanted Evening of Indian Dance Under a Turner Sky 2017-08-16T04:00:00Z A wild swimming classic: "In the night sea at Walberswick, I have seen bodies fiery with phosphorescent plankton striking through neon waves like dragons." Kate Worsley's top 10 East Anglian tales 2013-04-03T09:39:22Z It transforms sound, dampening it and illuminating the world with a phosphorescent glow. Snowmaking is the most dangerous part of skiing 2013-02-23T13:00:00Z Not even glowing in the dark, thanks to phosphorescent pigment. Art Review: Artful Commentary, Oozing From the Walls 2011-02-17T21:27:55Z His suite of four paintings — celestial orbs, which read like the eyes of God, hover in a phosphorescent ether — claims an entire wall. Renewing your faith in painting 2012-07-12T17:25:00Z We glimpse “phosphorescent liquid” sprinkled on Hyde Park to divert German bomber airships away from populated zones during the Great War. Review | Francis Bacon was an elusive figure. A new biography presents novel details of his iconoclastic existence. 2021-03-30T04:00:00Z There is a moment when Hilton sees a woman hovering in the “murky phosphorescent gray-green mist” coming off a swimming pool only to discover, when he looks closer, that it is Nana. Read It and Scream 2021-10-25T04:00:00Z For “Phantom,” at Kansas State University, the only one of the installations to have survived, she added phosphorescent salts to the pigments. Art: A Life of Melting the Status Quo 2011-02-13T01:06:05Z This band’s signature is its weave of thick, muddy texture and phosphorescent color. 12 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z In the decades since, Hecker has become one of the most pre-eminent and nuanced electronic producers of his generation, his phosphorescent pieces constantly tunneling among bliss and terror, depression and wonder. Tim Hecker Helped Popularize Ambient Music. He’s (Sort of) Sorry. 2023-04-25T04:00:00Z The effect was something like the swirls of phosphorescent plankton magnified a billion times. Explorer: Lapland, From Icy Plunge to Blazing Sky 2013-01-04T18:54:54Z The 30 gouaches in Matthew Ronay’s latest show compress the tableaus, natural forms and saturated colors of his sculptures and installations into buzzy, phosphorescent underworlds. Matthew Ronay: ‘Wavelength’ 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z The tubes have been heated in advance and can be blown or twisted into any shape you please; a phosphorescent coating gives them an eerier, more spectral glare. 100 years of neon 2011-08-27T23:05:03Z The bed sheets he slips into turn phosphorescent. The All-TIME 100 Songs 2011-10-24T09:00:29Z “At night, the sky is full of stars, there are fireflies in the trees and stars in the water,” Ms. Deeprawat said of the phosphorescent plankton common to the surrounding waters. ‘Old Thailand’ Found on Sleepy Islands 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z The murky, brooding music later in that movement, a nod to Wagner’s depiction of the magical, shapeshifting Tarnhelm in his “Ring,” passed without phosphorescent eeriness. Review: Gustavo Dudamel Leads His New York Philharmonic 2023-05-20T04:00:00Z As I began snipping, I thought of him standing in the darkness at 17, firewatching as phosphorescent bombs left trails above St Paul’s. My father was always angry with me, but why was he furious when I got a job? 2017-10-07T04:00:00Z Indeed, the persistent and uniform light of digital screens is captured in many of the paintings, which emit a quiet and captivating phosphorescent glow. Luc Tuymans unveils new paintings at a London show 2015-01-30T05:00:00Z During the procession, the sense of wonder spreads outward as onlookers are enveloped in a nebula of phosphorescent sound. Critic’s Notebook: ‘Unsilent Night’ and Participatory Music 2012-12-19T22:17:40Z Its phosphorescent underwater scenes and Hokusai-like waves are as lovely as anything he’s done. Ranking the Films of Studio Ghibli 2017-10-12T04:00:00Z Infused with phosphorescent dye, they glow at night as nocturnal ocean waters often do. Review: Lynda Benglis Celebrates the Fluidity of Nature at Storm King 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z Escaping radiation shot a pillar of blue-white phosphorescent light into the air. Looking Again at the Chernobyl Disaster 2019-04-03T04:00:00Z Granted, I like the stylized, art-deco kind painted on bone china, rather than the insanely detailed and phosphorescently lit specimens in Kinkade’s pictures. Donna Summer: Disco diva and rocker 2012-05-18T01:26:00Z Modern printing techniques and the ability of forgers to apply phosphorescent “tagging” — invisible to the naked eye but seen by letter sorting equipment — has made it possible to create duplicates that can fool many consumers. U.S. Postal Service making progress in war on counterfeit postage, postmaster general says 2023-09-19T04:00:00Z Many trip over tricky words – “phosphorescent” and “radiance” – and a few get stuck on simpler ones. High-stakes year begins for kids still learning to read 2022-08-30T04:00:00Z Glow-in-the-dark materials, such as luminous dials on some watches and clocks and on children’s toys and pajamas, are made of phosphorescent substances. College Physics for AP Courses 2015-08-12T00:00:00Z Ahead of the derecho, thousands witnessed skies turn an ominous shade of neon green, the heavens appearing borderline phosphorescent. Derecho turns sky green, sweeps through 5 states with 90 mph winds 2022-07-06T04:00:00Z It is, as always, a relief when the stakes in a Marvel thingamabob aren’t the fate of the universe, but solvable by human ingenuity and just a wee bit of phosphorescent magic. Review | ‘Ms. Marvel’ offers up a fresh new hero — and more Disney marketing 2022-06-08T04:00:00Z The ocean summoned up in The Sea Around Us is an alien world, where “strange and fantastic” creatures lurk in its darkest recesses, their “eyes atrophied or abnormally large, their bodies studded with phosphorescent organs.” Rachel Carson’s Explorations of the Sea, the Human Relationship with Elephants, and More 2021-12-26T05:00:00Z In remarkable experiments with rodents, scientists marked some of their immune cells with phosphorescent dye and had them run to exhaustion. How Exercise May Affect Your Immunity 2020-03-04T05:00:00Z But all lasers are based on the existence of a metastable state or a phosphorescent material. College Physics for AP Courses 2015-08-12T00:00:00Z Stephen Forrest, a physicist at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, who invented phosphorescent OLEDs, is well aware of that. Tomorrow’s industries: from OLEDs to nanomaterials 2019-12-10T05:00:00Z At their phosphorescent core, they are pale — they are pathetic. One of PlayStation’s most important studios makes games about loneliness 2019-12-02T05:00:00Z The leader of the Brexit party was holding aloft a large fruit jar and inside it, bobbing on phosphorescent fluid, something indistinct spun slowly in hypnotic silence before the transfixed faces of Farage’s awestruck followers. What is Nigel Farage’s secret? That would be telling | Stewart Lee 2019-05-19T04:00:00Z In the phosphorescently vivid narrative of dispossession that follows, Kushner doesn’t flinch. Read Any Antisocial Novels Lately? 2018-05-10T04:00:00Z Never mind that blood doesn’t actually luminesce under black light; the phosphorescent glow is haunting, and the process of surfaces being gradually wiped clean, erasing all evidence of what just happened, is unsettling. What Keeps You Alive shows the importance of art in horror films 2018-03-15T04:00:00Z So when Priya and me turned our heads, we looked down at the smoky twilit water fuming and roiling phosphorescent white under electric arc lamps, like it was picked out in radium paint. Read an excerpt from Elizabeth Bear’s next steampunk adventure Stone Mad 2018-03-01T05:00:00Z When you look up, familiar, crystalline winter ornaments like Orion and the Pleiades appear, while auroras may offer the sensation, sometimes for several hours, of sailing across a phosphorescent sea. Opinion | At the Solstice, in Praise of Darkness 2017-12-16T05:00:00Z The underwater scenery of healthy phosphorescent reefs and ghostly dying coral is unarguably mesmerizing and aims to sway global-warming skeptics, although the filmmaker is reluctant to call the documentary a sequel. The return of Jane Goodall, climate change and Syria among Oscar documentary hopefuls – LA Times 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z Slime is generally green — often a bright or phosphorescent green, maybe a little translucent — but not always. Slimed 2017-08-23T04:00:00Z Or the river, whose water smelled like rust and whose eddies trapped phosphorescent galaxies of undissolved fertilizer. “Crossing the River No Name” 2017-05-29T04:00:00Z He places a large photograph of the relic at the center of his page, and notes that the lime-green phosphorescent glow of the clock face was familiar to him from childhood: W. G. Sebald, Humorist 2017-05-29T04:00:00Z Stones are revealed as synthetic when they show a strong phosphorescent glow—a reaction rarely seen in natural diamonds. De Beers Tries to Counter a Growing Threat: Man-Made Diamonds 2016-11-06T04:00:00Z Bright red and green LEDs flash and transparent plastic tentacles gesture in the darkness, as if “Synthetic Transformations” were a floating realm of phosphorescent fish and cybernetic octopuses. Bits and pieces from the dollar store create an artistic universe at Reston gallery 2016-10-12T04:00:00Z Mova did this by dusting the faces of actors with phosphorescent makeup and using customized hardware and software to capture the performances and convert them into data. Hollywood Legal Battle Erupts Over Facial Animation Technology 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z Other colors of “neon” are actually created with argon and phosphorescent powder coating inside the tubes. New home sought for vintage Rapid City neon signs 2015-05-24T04:00:00Z Such a rare and phosphorescent beauty, born in a dung pile. ‘Biophilia’ Celebrates Colorful Creatures, Icky and Otherwise 2015-04-13T04:00:00Z Boron also produces a unique phosphorescent red glow under ultraviolet light. Rare 12-Carat 'Blue Moon' Diamond To be Unveiled At L.A. Natural History Museum 2014-08-24T04:00:00Z The apparatus displays the electron distribution on a phosphorescent screen as light and dark rings, which the team photographed using a high-resolution digital camera. A Snapshot of the Inside of an Atom 2013-05-24T19:55:00Z The Samsung Galaxy S4, however, took the technology on a stage by incorporating a new phosphorescent green that substantially improved the display’s performance. Google's Next Move Will Be A Flexible, Unbreakable Smartphone 2013-05-14T13:22:34Z Universal Display Corporation, who supply the phosphorescent raw materials, would not confirm. Samsung's Galaxy S4 Display Catches Up With iPhone Retina 2013-04-28T13:24:22Z Now the light under the bedclothes has changed to the blue phosphorescent glow of a laptop or an iPad or a phone, and it's a dead cert that no one is reading Jane Eyre. I set my teenage daughter a computer curfew 2013-04-27T08:01:25Z The company added that “the anticipated ramp up of phosphorescent green materials did not occur this quarter.” Universal Display Q3 Misses; Cuts Yr View; Look Out Below 2012-11-07T22:05:57Z A history professor told of seeing "blue phosphorescent flames rising from the dead bodies - and there were plenty of them." IHT Rendezvous: A Week of Ghosts: Japan's Annual Grieving 2012-08-09T05:20:21Z Taking his bearings of the airship's mooring-buoy, he resumed his easy progress cautiously lest feathers of phosphorescent spray should betray his presence. The Airship "Golden Hind" 2012-04-21T02:00:26.983Z The only guide to enable the destroyer to keep station was the phosphorescent swirl at the stern of the vessel next ahead, as her triple propellers churned the water. With Beatty off Jutland A Romance of the Great Sea Fight 2012-04-21T02:00:25.260Z Rapidly we drifted shorewards, where, in the inky blackness, a line of phosphorescent light denoted the breaking of the boiling water upon an ironbound coast. A Lad of Grit A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea in Restoration Times 2012-04-21T02:00:23.363Z It is said that there is a phosphorescent glow, given by a marine insect, which at night causes the waters to sparkle with a faint red light. From Egypt to Japan 2012-04-19T02:00:28.147Z Witch-fires ever and anon flitted across the road before us, and the night-birds shrieked fearsomely in the depth of the woods beyond, where we beheld at intervals glow the phosphorescent eyes of wildcats. One of Cleopatra's Nights and Other Fantastic Romances One of Cleopatra's Nights?Clarimonde?Arria Marcella?The Mummy's Foot?Omphale: a Rococo Story?King Candaules 2012-04-08T02:00:23.693Z How phosphorescent the water is in its trail—do you see? The Tree of Knowledge A Novel 2012-04-05T02:00:35.603Z A Krooboy held the wheel, and his dark figure cut against the phosphorescent sea. Wyndham's Pal 2012-04-04T02:00:54.360Z First, her large eyes, filled with strange fire, sparkle in their orbits, or, again, seem filled with swift gleams of phosphorescent fire, sometimes bluish, sometimes golden. 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 As the sturdy rowers urged on their vessel, her bows parted the waters into a thousand phosphorescent ripples, which, widening as the boat moved onward, spread into one broad, flaming wake in their rear. Baron Bruno Or, the Unbelieving Philosopher, and Other Fairy Stories 2012-03-28T02:00:24.407Z The light effect is, however, considerably increased by the use of phosphorescent bodies such as yttria, uranium glass, etc. 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 Then he turned, and leaning both arms on the topmost rail, smoked placidly, with his eyes fixed on the vanishing white sail, and its track on the phosphorescent water. The Tree of Knowledge A Novel 2012-04-05T02:00:35.603Z Its light is possibly due to some phosphorescent or electrical action. Astronomical Curiosities Facts and Fallacies 2012-03-27T02:00:18Z Frequently huge meteors blended their dazzling brilliancy with the long and seemingly phosphorescent trails of the shooting stars. Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies 2012-03-17T02:01:02.630Z Presently, its prow took the sand, and at last they were free of the ominous, phosphorescent black fins which had followed them from where they had left the ship. The White Blackbird 2012-03-10T03:00:15.513Z The reflector is separated from the terminal, t, by an extension of the insulating plug, P. A similar disposition with a phosphorescent tube is illustrated in Fig. 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 Jack had been much interested on the way up the Congo by a kind of acacia which, when cut with an axe, exudes a sticky substance, emitting in the darkness a strong phosphorescent glow. Samba A Story of the Rubber Slaves of the Congo 2012-03-07T03:00:16.567Z “In the same way the dense atmosphere of Venus is rendered more phosphorescent, and therefore more easily visible by the increased solar activity.” Astronomical Curiosities Facts and Fallacies 2012-03-27T02:00:18Z And as Cora realized this, she looked about her wildly, as though she expected even in the twilight to hear a stealthy footfall or see a pair of phosphorescent eyes glaring at her. The Motor Girls in the Mountains or, The Gypsy Girl's Secret 2012-03-07T03:00:15.897Z She came with wild speed, staring, her great eyes like phosphorescent stars. Roumanian Stories Translated from the Original Roumanian 2012-02-28T03:00:27.310Z A difficulty will be found when the phosphorescent material is used, for with these powerful effects, it is carried gradually away, and it is preferable to use material in the form of a solid. 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 Even today, whole subdivisions of newish homes remain abandoned, their copper pipes ripped out and their pools sporting a phosphorescent, almost otherworldly, shade of green. Risk On: Was 2008 Just a Bad Dream? 2012-02-27T00:19:55Z The phosphorescent light of menace which folks dreaded in the eye of a Glandore glimmered forth from his. My Lords of Strogue, Vol. I (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:34.177Z And not the phosphorescent light of rotten boroughs and corrupt corporations, Mr. Vaughan. Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z Over us the sky up to the zenith Palpitates with tense glitter: About our keel the foam bubbles and curdles In phosphorescent joy. Irradiations; Sand and Spray 2012-02-14T03:00:28.347Z On another occasion I have considered the possibility of some phosphorescent phenomena in bulbs being produced by the incandescence of an infinitesimal layer on the surface of 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 It has been suggested that light might have been fur- nished by fire-flies and phosphorescent bugs and worms, but this I regard as going too far. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 5 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:03:49.813Z Of course, I suppose it can be seen at night because it is phosphorescent. The Corner House Girls How they moved to Milton, what they found, and what they did 2012-02-03T03:00:26.090Z 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 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 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 A voyage on a big liner is a quite super-marine experience by comparison, with a picturesque and phosphorescent basis some distance below a sleepy deck-chair, and not necessarily observed at all. Down Under With the Prince 2012-01-29T03:00:07.103Z At length my eye caught the glimmering of a taper; at first I thought it might be only the phosphorescent light of the fire-fly, swarms of which had been hovering around our path. Gleanings by the Way 2012-01-24T03:00:27.717Z In certain Copepoda and Ostracoda glands of the same type produce a phosphorescent substance, and others, in certain Amphipoda and Branchiura, are believed to have a poisonous function. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 "Crocoite" to "Cuba" 2012-01-22T03:00:24.397Z A phosphorescent trail in the water was sometimes mistaken for the wake of a torpedo. The Victory At Sea 2012-01-17T03:00:15.547Z Between them were placed two long tables with all sorts of phosphorescent bulbs and tubes; many of these were prepared with great care and marked legibly with the names which would shine with phosphorescent glow. 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 With this phenomenon I am already familiar in the case of phosphorescent gaseous effluvia. Strange Stories 2012-01-16T03:00:05.067Z Our consciousness at any given stage of our evolution is but the phosphorescent ripple on an unsounded sea. Human Personality and its Survival of Bodily Death 2012-01-05T03:00:42.307Z Dr. Borgiotti, another member of the Academy, also narrated a case of phosphorescent sweating in a patient with miliaria, a fact which has previously been noticed. Scientific American, Vol. XXXVII.?No. 2. [New Series.], July 14, 1877 A Weekly Journal Of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, And Manufactures 2012-01-05T03:00:29.743Z It's one of those substances which becomes phosphorescent in ultra-violet light. Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942 2012-01-04T03:00:28.750Z If the molecules would move circumferentially, the former plate would be rendered more intensely phosphorescent. 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 the flesh is kept for several days it is said to emit a phosphorescent light in the darkness of the hut. The Fijians A Study of the Decay of Custom 2011-12-30T03:00:25.917Z The diamond, especially when coloured, is highly phosphorescent, that is to say, after exposure to brilliant illumination it emits the rays which it has absorbed, and thus becomes self-luminous in the dark. The Romance of Industry and Invention 2011-12-19T03:00:43.870Z The phosphorescent sea revealed the wake they had plowed in a long straight furrow of white fire, and now there was a sharp curve in the line. What Will People Say? A novel 2011-12-17T03:00:18.490Z Beneath its ultra-violet rays Black Hood discovered that the face powder took on a phosphorescent glow, proving that sodium naphthionate had been added to it. Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942 2012-01-04T03:00:28.750Z Nor was the gleam of the starry, phosphorescent eyes less pleasantly friendly than those happy lamps that light home-lost wanderers to cosy rooms and safety. The Wolves of God And Other Fey Stories 2011-12-17T03:00:15.447Z A gigantic snake apparently, as big as the stem of the tallest oak, all quivering and phosphorescent, with crimson eyes and a mouth of awful teeth! The Cruise of the Snowbird A Story of Arctic Adventure 2011-12-13T03:00:23.197Z Lights might now be seen flitting about among the trees; the fire-flies and curious creeping things went gliding hither and thither on the ground, all ablaze with phosphorescent light. Kenneth McAlpine A Tale of Mountain, Moorland and Sea 2011-12-05T03:00:48.967Z At night, a million tiny phosphorescent creatures shone and glowed from every leaf and branch and stone, as if a million fairy lanterns had been lit beneath the sea. The Sun's Babies 2011-11-21T03:00:12.963Z Then she heard them roaring; then she saw their crests lit up with a blue phosphorescent glow. Psyche 2011-11-15T03:00:18.293Z The hockey-players rejoiced in the rumour that there would be hockey by torchlight, with goals lit up by flambeaux and a phosphorescent bung. Diana Tempest, Volume III (of 3) 2011-11-12T03:00:34.213Z By night the city gleams like washed silver, and her sheen is more magical than that of the dark yet phosphorescent water. Southern Spain 2011-11-11T03:00:28.423Z Hereabouts the tides run very strong, and between us and the land there was such a show of phosphorescent water that night as I never remember to have seen elsewhere. The Beautiful White Devil 2011-11-11T03:00:24.760Z Magellan sits alone in one of the castles of the ship and looks out on the phosphorescent sea. The Story of Magellan and The Discovery of the Philippines 2011-10-22T02:00:26.240Z The sea no longer shone with phosphorescent glow, but was quite black, pitch black, black as boiling pitch, without foam and without light, and kept sending up a discharge of miry, vaporous matter. Psyche 2011-11-15T03:00:18.293Z These points of light were, of course, fire flies, so called, or certain phosphorescent bugs which at that time were very numerous because of the abundant grass prevailing everywhere. Some Pioneers and Pilgrims on the Prairies of Dakota Or, From the ox team to the aeroplane 2011-10-17T02:00:15.157Z Then, with a swirl and a succession of phosphorescent splashes, the object vanished. The Nameless Island A Story of some Modern Robinson Crusoes 2011-10-08T02:00:20.880Z It is a portrait that we cherish tenderly; its smiles, beaming with talent, continue with us, ever diffusing a clear and phosphorescent glory!' Victor Hugo: His Life and Works 2011-10-07T02:00:23.887Z Unsuspectingly the boat held on her course, little thinking that within two cables' length of her a British submarine was following the phosphorescent swirl that marked her track. The Fight for Constantinople A Story of the Gallipoli Peninsula 2011-10-04T02:00:17.837Z There was moonlight on the water, and the Enchantress steamed smoothly up the glittering track while the foam that curled about her stern shone with phosphorescent flame. The Coast of Adventure 2011-10-03T02:00:25.810Z Here and there strange glancing lights and phosphorescent stars emit a milky radiance, but it is some few minutes before the eye can distinguish the head and back of Leviathan. William Blake A Study of His Life and Art Work 2011-09-13T02:00:35.943Z I look at the pallid phosphorescent figures of the height indicator. 'Green Balls' The Adventures of a Night-Bomber 2011-09-13T02:00:34.080Z This, Forrester found, contained a preparation commonly known as phosphorescent paint and a nearby glove, which smelled strongly of the substance, solved the riddle of the flaming hand which had impressed even the phlegmatic Green. The Secret Toll 2011-09-12T02:00:26.853Z Then at times they came into a sea of phosphorescent light. Annie o' the Banks o' Dee 2011-09-12T02:00:26.230Z There was nothing to be seen but shadowy trunks that loomed through the mist a yard or two off, and faint specks of phosphorescent light where the fireflies twinkled. The Coast of Adventure 2011-10-03T02:00:25.810Z The roof was encrusted with jewels, through which streamed many colored lights, and clusters of phosphorescent flame gleamed at intervals between pillars of glittering spar. The Old-Fashioned Fairy Book 2011-09-09T02:01:11.180Z In front of us the phosphorescent finger of the height-indicator slowly crept to 1000 feet. 'Green Balls' The Adventures of a Night-Bomber 2011-09-13T02:00:34.080Z Far up above them were the phosphorescent lights in the village twinkling like stars in heaven’s firmament. Aileen Aroon, A Memoir With other Tales of Faithful Friends and Favourites 2011-09-08T02:00:20.773Z Sometimes a huge octopus would be seen in the phosphorescent sea. Annie o' the Banks o' Dee 2011-09-12T02:00:26.230Z It was now very dark, but the water had a phosphorescent gleam. The Coast of Adventure 2011-10-03T02:00:25.810Z “Perhaps there is no more impressive ocean-scene ever beheld by the sailor,” said Captain Ben Roberts, “than the phosphorescent seas witnessed at times in the tropics.” O'er Many Lands, on Many Seas 2011-09-08T02:00:19.987Z Waves of light fell from their hair, and their movements gave rise to undulating throbs like the dancing waves of a phosphorescent sea. The Works of Honor? de Balzac About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita and Other Stories 2011-09-02T02:00:23.810Z The bells were ringing and the banners all waving almost before the phosphorescent lamps began to pale in the presence of day. Aileen Aroon, A Memoir With other Tales of Faithful Friends and Favourites 2011-09-08T02:00:20.773Z However dark it had been they would have seen that awful creature, for its body from stem to stern was lit up with a phosphorescent gleam. Born to Wander A Boy's Book of Nomadic Adventures 2011-08-31T02:01:32.837Z Specks of phosphorescent light twinkled among the leaves, but the fireflies were familiar and Evelyn welcomed them. The Coast of Adventure 2011-10-03T02:00:25.810Z From the right a phosphorescent flash cut the water in a streak. Caybigan 2011-08-31T02:01:21.780Z She saw Seraphitus standing lightly shrouded in an opal-tinted mist, which was diffused for a short distance all about the apparently phosphorescent body. The Works of Honor? de Balzac About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita and Other Stories 2011-09-02T02:00:23.810Z We went slowly over a lower world obscurely lighted by phosphorescent waves. The Sea and the Jungle 2011-08-30T02:00:30.350Z They have a ghostly, almost phosphorescent luminousness in the shadow of the valley, by the stream of water. Sea and Sardinia 2011-08-28T02:00:30.857Z A phosphorescent flicker played about the vague blackness of the gunboat's bows; the light from the lamp on her forestay showed part of the deck, and then receded as she rolled. The Coast of Adventure 2011-10-03T02:00:25.810Z The sea was glimmering with a phosphorescent light, and the waves that broke upon the shore were gemmed with globules of living fire, which melted away almost imperceptibly into rosy shades. The Cricket's Friends Tales Told by the Cricket, Teapot, and Saucepan 2011-08-23T02:00:33.033Z The water was phosphorescent, the oars turning in green fire, which sent a million prickles flashing away in the waves. The Locusts' Years 2011-08-16T02:00:41.777Z His oilskins gathered the reflected street shine, so that he looked phosphorescent, an old man risen wet and shining from the ocean. The Sea and the Jungle 2011-08-30T02:00:30.350Z Of course this fraud of an American watch has stopped, with its impudent phosphorescent face. Sea and Sardinia 2011-08-28T02:00:30.857Z The propeller churned the phosphorescent sea, the Enchantress forged ahead, and the white town began to fade into the haze astern. The Coast of Adventure 2011-10-03T02:00:25.810Z The Sea followed her, washing the shore with phosphorescent waves to light her steps homewards. The Village of Youth and Other Fairy Tales 2011-08-06T02:00:04.530Z I saw its long, white, spiral, ivory tusk and two phosphorescent eyes. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z If you happen to pass these gardens after nightfall, especially those in the immediate environs of the city, mark the phosphorescent clouds of dancing lights which fill the still atmosphere round about the vegetation. Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America 2011-08-05T02:00:46.387Z Faith paid him little attention; she was astern, watching the phosphorescent sparks that glowed and vanished in the disturbed water on the Sally's wake. The Sea Bride 2011-07-30T02:00:14.537Z The Miranda swung until the frothy confusion on the reef, where the swell broke in cascades of phosphorescent flame, bore abeam, and then a similar troubled patch grew plain on the opposite bow. The Coast of Adventure 2011-10-03T02:00:25.810Z A great wealth of stars shone down upon the phosphorescent waste of water. The Men Who Wrought 2011-07-26T02:00:16.320Z Sunset yellowed the sky,—filled the horizon with flare of gold;—the sea changed its blue to lilac;—the mornes brightened their vivid green to a tone so luminous that they seemed turning phosphorescent. Concerning Lafcadio Hearn With a Bibliography by Laura Stedman 2011-07-20T02:00:12.413Z She saw the phosphorescent waves slowly marching past the rolling steamship. Ruth Fielding Homeward Bound A Red Cross Worker's Ocean Perils 2011-07-17T02:00:37.407Z But from the empty cross issued a light--not a halo, but like the livid, phosphorescent glimmer of rotten wood! On the Cross A Romance of the Passion Play at Oberammergau 2011-07-17T02:00:33.887Z Swiftly, smoothly, they seemed to speed through the ebon darkness lit up from time to time by the phosphorescent scintillations which fell from the black water at each dip of the oars. Nevermore 2011-07-08T02:00:23.973Z For Perry-Morton’s love seemed to emanate from him in a phosphorescent fashion. Eli's Children The Chronicles of an Unhappy Family 2011-07-08T02:00:20.557Z Suddenly she saw standing before her, indistinct indeed, but unmistakable, the form of her lost son, her Aneurin, and he held a white napkin in his right hand, and this napkin emitted a phosphorescent glow. A Book of Ghosts 2011-07-08T02:00:19.203Z And then she peered over the high rail, down at the phosphorescent surface of the sea. Ruth Fielding Homeward Bound A Red Cross Worker's Ocean Perils 2011-07-17T02:00:37.407Z The phosphorescent wood of the cross glimmered before the burgomaster's eyes. On the Cross A Romance of the Passion Play at Oberammergau 2011-07-17T02:00:33.887Z Becquerel wrapped photographic plates in black paper, placed a sample of phosphorescent uranium potassium sulfate on top of it, and placed it in the Sun. Paris: City of Light and Cosmic Rays 2011-07-04T14:15:00.943Z A few years ago phosphorescent salts of barium and calcium were employed in the manufacture of what was known as luminous paint. The Seven Follies of Science [2nd ed.] A popular account of the most famous scientific impossibilities and the attempts which have been made to solve them. 2011-06-30T02:00:34.290Z Some time must have elapsed before I became, dimly at first, and then distinctly, aware of a bluish phosphorescent emanation from the skeletion. A Book of Ghosts 2011-07-08T02:00:19.203Z Its effect upon her former associates was to render the wake she ploughed through their ranks phosphorescent with envy. Joan Thursday 2011-06-25T02:00:19.897Z "We have company, you see," remarked Armstrong, pointing to a phosphorescent swirl less than twenty yards astern. Rounding up the Raider A Naval Story of the Great War 2011-06-24T02:00:25.163Z Mid-ocean, a steamer was laboring on her way, beneath a sky like glittering pearl, arching over a waste of phosphorescent billows, and with a crispy breeze behind her. Faithful Margaret A Novel 2011-06-10T02:00:21.627Z There are little things, like phosphorescent tape in the egress stairs. | The 30-Minute Interview: T. J. Gottesdiener 2011-06-02T23:24:31Z She walked around deckchairs piled high against the side of the boat, caught a glimpse of some phosphorescent fish in the ocean, and walked over to the rail. Nan Sherwood's Summer Holidays 2011-05-22T02:00:14.900Z Counteracting to some extent this diminution or absence of sunlight, many marine animals are luminous and shine with phosphorescent light of many different tints. North America 2011-05-05T02:00:20.027Z The disturbed water flashed with phosphorescent fire, and when the oars were with difficulty dragged up they rose dripping with a shower of sparks and heavy with clinging weeds. The Golden Galleon BEING A NARRATIVE OF THE ADVENTURES OF MASTER GILBERT OGLANDER, AND OF HOW, IN THE YEAR 1591, HE FOUGHT UNDER THE GALLANT SIR 2011-04-25T02:00:10.333Z Everything is phosphorescent, you know, a mile or so down, and it’s like—I hardly know. The Sea Lady 2011-04-22T02:00:07.843Z At times it is conceived of as a sort of luminous gas or a phosphorescent flash of light, such as is emitted by decaying vegetation in a damp soil. The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia 2011-04-14T02:00:46.297Z During my fortnight's stay I often sat listening to the eloquent silence of these phosphorescent nights. Autobiographical Reminiscences with Family Letters and Notes on Music 2011-04-12T02:00:25.667Z The wind had dropped, and luminous patches of phosphorescent light in the water were showing Danny that the herring were stirring. She's All the World to Me 2011-04-09T02:00:16.923Z The wind had dropped, and luminous patches of phosphorescent light in the water were showing that the herrings were stirring. The Deemster 2011-04-08T02:00:08.197Z When turtle soup appeared on table there was phosphorescent gleam in the worthy Loriner's eyes. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 105, July 15th 1893 2011-03-26T02:00:12.713Z His eyes were fixed idly upon the sheet of phosphorescent light which glittered in the steamer’s track. Mysterious Mr. Sabin 2011-03-24T02:00:10.087Z Like a chubbier version of Marcel Proust, I was brought back to my youth and the phosphorescent yellow sticks of butter substitute I loved so. The Unexpected Triumph of Margarine over Butter 2011-03-12T08:55:00Z Of course there will be other phosphorescent creatures, Jelly-fishes, &c., among them, but the predominant color is given by these little crustacea. Seaside Studies in Natural History Marine Animals of Massachusetts Bay. Radiates. 2011-03-07T03:00:13.343Z Just before darkness finally comes, some trick of the desert sky gives the sea an eerie phosphorescent glow, as though the light were rising up from within. Lingering dread 2011-03-05T12:03:02Z Out on the dark water glowed a phosphorescent point. Neighbours 2011-03-05T03:00:27.277Z All seemed impressed by the solemnity of the hour—the hush of sea and land—the shimmering phosphorescent sparkle of the silver-seeming plain over which we swept all swift and silently. A Modern Buccaneer 2011-03-02T03:00:23.990Z As soon as the night set in, fishermen’s lights were seen moving along the beach in all directions, and gliding about in canoes, while the sea was filled with myriads of phosphorescent animalculæ. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century, Volume XLIII, 1670-1700 2011-02-26T03:00:46.860Z The foam that broke upon the rocks at the promontory’s base was all aglow now with phosphorescent light, which rose and fell, and flashed with a wondrous brilliancy. The Vicar's People 2011-02-25T03:01:16.160Z Stepping once more beneath the arch she struck a match upon the damp wall, and a long phosphorescent line of light shone feebly out, but the match did not blaze. Mad A Story of Dust and Ashes 2011-02-25T03:01:05.303Z He could discern the horns with remarkable clearness, for the thing seemed surrounded by an aura of phosphorescent light. Billy Barcroft, R.N.A.S. A story of the Great War 2011-02-24T03:01:02.917Z The gleaming phosphorescent wavelets of that calm sea fell in broken fire from the vessel's side, while the hissing, splashing sound deadened the recurring shrieks of the doomed sufferers, and soothed my excited nerves. A Modern Buccaneer 2011-03-02T03:00:23.990Z At first, I was not sure it was a light at all; then I decided that it was a reflection of some sort, or perhaps a phosphorescent glow. That Affair at Elizabeth 2011-02-14T03:00:36.587Z “Usually ghosts are sheeted in white, with phosphorescent eyes and clammy hands.” Nan Sherwood at Lakeview Hall Or the Mystery of the Haunted Boathouse 2011-02-14T03:00:33.337Z At the window, the green, baleful eyes of the black cat glared with phosphorescent light. Ghetto Tragedies 2011-01-27T03:00:46.507Z In a patch of phosphorescent foam, as it lifted dizzily on the crest of a broken wave, could be discerned the object of the search. Billy Barcroft, R.N.A.S. A story of the Great War 2011-02-24T03:01:02.917Z His pale eyes shone with the phosphorescent glare of the angry cat. A Pasteboard Crown A Story of the New York Stage 2011-01-26T03:00:25.590Z Suddenly there was a great bubbling of the bluish mud from the well, and out of this mud came the head of an enormous snake, of livid grey colour, with phosphorescent eyes.... Abb? Aubain and Mosaics 2011-01-21T03:00:12.617Z I saw at once that it must be phosphorescent wood, which I had often heard of, but never chanced to see. Canoeing in the wilderness 2011-01-19T03:00:23.683Z Like the inimitable, familiar thrill of little wild, phosphorescent eyes looming suddenly out of the black night-woods at home, the adventure challenged her impetuous curiosity. The Sick-a-Bed Lady And Also Hickory Dock, The Very Tired Girl, The Happy-Day, Something That Happened in October, The Amateur Lover, Heart of The City, The Pink Sash, Woman's Only Business 2011-01-04T03:01:00.723Z A melancholy resignation to life, an acquiescence in all the small, obscure things of earth beneath that infinite sky, upon that remote, phosphorescent sea, was adrift in the night, conjuring up an oppressive mystery.... The Hidden Force A Story of Modern Java 2010-12-24T03:00:34.823Z Then, when I opened the box and took hold of a match, it would come off all diabolical and phosphorescent upon my fingers, but no light could I get. Christmas Penny Readings Original Sketches for the Season 2010-12-20T17:11:47.497Z And then, looking up at the northern lights as they flashed phosphorescent green against the black sky, he added, "It's a great metaphor for a dish." Cook It Raw: Celebrity Chefs Get Creative in Lapland 2010-09-28T08:45:00Z Around half an hour later, the divers emerged, bubbling up ensconced in green halos of reflected flashlight beams like giant phosphorescent jellyfish. | What Lies Beneath 2010-06-17T19:47:00Z Slowly, at length, he left his outlook over the phosphorescent wake and drifted isolatedly about the decks, giving preference to the spots where the shadows lay heaviest. The Law of Hemlock Mountain Then he resumed his peering, puckered attitude, oblivious to everything but that phosphorescent glow ahead. H.M.S. —— A phosphorescent green, slashed with small silver-fringed clouds, slowly struggled higher and higher till it was lost in the dark blue of night. The Undying Past With these lamps of heaven, were also lit the torches of the cucujos,—those phosphorescent beetles, with which Don Amador had been made acquainted in the islands. Calavar or The Knight of The Conquest, A Romance of Mexico The phosphorescent jelly-fish, that glow-worm of the sea, lies upon the surface near the shore in shoals, with here and there a blue and rose-tinted starfish. The Story of Malta The head, to my eyes at least, still glowed faintly phosphorescent. Deep Moat Grange Soon the gathering darkness blotted out everything except the faint phosphorescent light on the tops of the breaking waves. To Win the Love He Sought The Great Awakening: Volume 3 Dusk was already making the air deeply, softly blue, and through it the whitewashed lintel gleamed out almost as clearly as the phosphorescent fish nailed against the wall. Beggars on Horseback Sunday was a day at Edwardes Square from which Michael returned almost phosphorescent with decay. Sinister Street, vol. 1 The only dim ghost of glow that went with him were two faint phosphorescent points where he had rubbed the sights of his rifle with the moistened heads of matches. The Tempering Well, I saw the Thing scramble from grave to empty grave, scratch at each furiously, obscuring the dim phosphorescent glimmer. Deep Moat Grange She stared straight ahead over the garden, nearly phosphorescent with its snow. The Guarded Heights Never shall I forget those terrible moments as we stood in pitchy darkness, relieved only by the faint, uncanny, phosphorescent light of the sea-water. Highway Pirates or, The Secret Place at Coverthorne He chuckles with sly laughter—genial, sympathetic; he looses his arrow phosphorescent with wit, but not barbed, dipped in something subacid,—straight for the heart. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 16 Secondly, lights of different degrees of intensity appear in dark rooms, where chemical action or phosphorescent illumination cannot be developed, and where there are no means of generating electricity, or of producing combustion. The Death-Blow to Spiritualism Being the True Story of the Fox Sisters At last the trail led to a rocky cavern where phosphorescent eyes stared out of opalescent water. The Book of Gud The dark waters are alive with phosphorescent light. To Cuba and Back Then night come down black overhead, with the swell all phosphorescent. A Man in the Open Some are, as one might put it, phosphorescent. Shadows of Flames A Novel A white shape skirted with well-accustomed feet the phosphorescent glimmer of the path, wet with dew, and wimpling upwards towards the summit of the cape. The White Plumes of Navarre A Romance of the Wars of Religion Gud blew four halos of phosphorescent smoke and gave one to each of his guests. The Book of Gud What could be seen of the sea was smooth, and oily, and illuminated in spots with green phosphorescent lights. By Right of Conquest A Novel A young moon drifted across the corner of his window, a sickle of light with a dim, phosphorescent line around the rest of the circle. The Garden of Eden They looked like the phosphorescent eyes of some wild creature glaring from the jungle of the night. Shadows of Flames A Novel I have a match box with a phosphorescent front. Moody's Stories Incidents and Illustrations Swimming snails floated by, carrying their own phosphorescent lanterns. Astounding Stories, August, 1931 The notes of the piano with the rapid execution of the player seemed phosphorescent in the candle-light. Carnival There are no more beautiful phosphorescent animals in the sea than the Medusæ. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 98, December, 1865 And suddenly, out of space for all I knew, appeared a little noiseless silken apparition of a Chinese who regarded us from twin lenses with a phosphorescent gleam. Where the Pavement Ends When the dusk fell, she stood for an hour leaning over the rail, watching the phosphorescent glow on the darkened waves, sending out wistful, timorous thoughts toward that meeting which was growing momentarily nearer. An Unknown Lover The surface was flooded with patches of phosphorescent light, and here and there in the dim offing hung a dark and heavy rain-cloud. A Veldt Official A Novel of Circumstance There was a greenish-yellow phosphorescent light—or I should say a luminous vapour rather than a light—which lay over the surface of the table. The Great Keinplatz Experiment and Other Tales of Twilight and the Unseen Of course there will be other phosphorescent creatures, Jelly-Fishes, etc., among them, but the predominant color is given by these little Crustacea. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 98, December, 1865 We returned to the dockyard in a boat under a full moon, the guardship gleaming white in the blue midnight and the phosphorescent water flashing under the oars. The English in the West Indies or, The Bow of Ulysses Many are highly phosphorescent and some by their abundance colour the water of the sea or pool which they dwell in. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth" Some diamonds are more phosphorescent than others, and different faces of a crystal may display different tints. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 4 "Diameter" to "Dinarchus" But all around, the darkness was filled with milky brightness and phosphorescent lights. Anatole France The Revolt of the Angels The mole took in his mouth a piece of phosphorescent wood, which glittered like fire in the dark. Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales First Series The breakers on the shore before me were sparkling with a thousand stars, for the sea-water here is very phosphorescent, and, consequently, made objects between me and these breakers quite distinct. The White Chief of the Caffres A stone altar squatted in the center of the platform, a strangely phosphorescent fire smoldering on its top. Isle of the Undead At night, however, and particularly in the hot season, it becomes phosphorescent. Toilers of the Sea It had a silverish tint to it, and Dawson had the impression that he was flying straight through a phosphorescent ocean. Dave Dawson at Casablanca Other phosphorescent substances, such as barium platino-cyanide, may be substituted for the zinc sulphide, but they do not answer so well. A Brief Account of Radio-activity Near the forward wheel a miniature binnacle housing a compass with phosphorescent card, advised him from time to time, as he consulted it, of the lay of their course. The Destroying Angel His gaze swept up the slope of the stairway to the altar at its head, lingered on the phosphorescent eye of light still glowing there. Isle of the Undead Outside, the surf maintained its sullen murmur; through the gloom of starless nights its phosphorescent outlines rushed across the reef like phantom serpents in parade. The Crimson Gardenia and Other Tales of Adventure Another method of counting this number is to let the particles fall on a phosphorescent screen, and count the number of scintillations on the screen in a certain time. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 8 "Conduction, Electric" They travel in straight lines and render certain substances phosphorescent. A Brief Account of Radio-activity Leagues away over the phosphorescent waste of water, but clear and unblinking, glowed the green spot of a ship's starboard light. The Portal of Dreams With it went the blasphemous altar and its phosphorescent fire. Isle of the Undead The phosphorescent waves tossed glowing gems, like fire-opals, about the ship's hull, while setting our long wake ablaze with flashing light, and producing a Milky Way as luminous as that above in the blue ether. The Pearl of India These rays striking against glass make it phosphorescent. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 8 "Conduction, Electric" She looked at him, poised in uncertainty, her lovely white face glowing like a pale phosphorescent light in the dark. The "Genius" The bluish glint of the moon filtered through an opening in the cupola of his tent, shimmering upon the cuirasses which in the darkness shone like phosphorescent fishes. Sónnica The spell of new influences was upon me; the moon, climbing up among the scudding night-clouds, never seemed so bright before and the phosphorescent glow and silver streaks on the water never so beautiful. My Brave and Gallant Gentleman A Romance of British Columbia All phosphorescent matter requires friction to infuse it with light, and so the thoroughly impregnated waters were churned into liquid fire by our vigorous and swift-revolving propeller. The Pearl of India A very small quantity of the gas under investigation was then admitted into the tube, just sufficient to allow the discharge to pass, and the deflection of the phosphorescent patch measured. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 8 "Conduction, Electric" It was the phosphorescent glow from the inner bark of a half burned log, and further away he saw another portion of the same log making a ghostly radiance on the surrounding ground. A Daughter of the Forest Just behind this outer covering is a splendid living-room, 6 feet by 4, lighted by the phosphorescent glow of the interior walls. Cupid's Middleman The mist was like a curtain of ashes, dense, grayish, with phosphorescent spots. Pierre and Luce There was no moon, and a velvety blackness stretched about the ship on every side, broken here and there by a faint phosphorescent gleam as a wave reared and broke. Doubloons—and the Girl The rays on their way to the phosphorescent screen have to pass through gas which is ionized by the passage through it of the positive rays; this gas will therefore contain free corpuscles. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 8 "Conduction, Electric" Bring an armful of fresh wood; some that isn’t phosphorescent, if you prefer. A Daughter of the Forest They rotted quickly, and at one stage became slightly phosphorescent; so that nocturnal passers-by sometimes spoke of witch-fires glowing behind the broken panes of the fetor-spreading windows. The Shunned House Chadmund could not make out his figure distinctly, although he knew precisely where he was; but, by and by, when the head moved a little, he caught the phosphorescent glitter of the eyes. Through Apache Lands But, as he scanned the surface of the lagoon, there was a phosphorescent flash several fathoms out. Doubloons—and the Girl Two men were leaning over the side of the upper deck, watching the phosphorescent gleam of the water as it slid past beneath them, and talking as intimate friends. The Squire's Daughter Being the First Book in the Chronicles of the Clintons All the meteors left luminous traces or phosphorescent bands behind them, which lasted seven or eight seconds.” Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 4, September, 1850 At the time, it was to me only a seething, dimly phosphorescent cloud of fungous loathsomeness, enveloping and dissolving to an abhorrent plasticity the one object on which all my attention was focussed. The Shunned House Its eyes, shining with a phosphorescent glow, and the cavernous growling that issued from the red jaws, made it seem the most frightful kind of a monster. Through Apache Lands One lidless phosphorescent eye gleamed evilly at him, but its great jaws were spread and the dead fish was half-way down its bone-plated throat. The Wealth of Echindul Deeper and deeper into the heart of the mountain they sank; deeper and deeper into the heart of the earth; the ball of light no longer a phosphorescent gleam, but a flame of living fire. The Red Moccasins A Story Often in a northeast rain after long drought a rotten birch stump will thus glow with phosphorescent fire producing a most formidable and tradition-satisfying ghost. Old Plymouth Trails In another place was a mass that lay merely in phosphorescent inaction like a pile of emeralds. The Monster and Other Stories Again light flashed from a point of rock far above the dim white line of phosphorescent surf, spelling out the signal of distress. Astounding Stories, July, 1931 Every stroke of the blade sent the phosphorescent water flying about the frail bark. With Ethan Allen at Ticonderoga Indeed, I strongly suspect that he was in the habit of inditing his memoirs, at night, in some gutter or another, by the light of his own phosphorescent eyes. My Private Menagerie from The Works of Theophile Gautier Volume 19 The daring of the coyotes increased with each moment, and the hapless negro could not look around without seeing bright eyes moving in all directions, like the phosphorescent fireflies in summer. Happy Days for Boys and Girls The intensely phosphorescent water flashed about us, the only relief to the inky blackness of the night. Alaska Days with John Muir And it was some four hours later that Dan touched bottom and waded wearily up a bit of smooth hard beach, through palely glittering phosphorescent foam. Astounding Stories, July, 1931 The two Immensities between which we creep: the sea flashing with her own secret glory of phosphorescent fire, the sky emblazoned with her countless diadems, and then—yap-yap-yap! An Ocean Tramp Henry sat in the stern, trailing his fingers in cool, phosphorescent water, happy, drowsy, and well fed. Mystery at Geneva An Improbable Tale of Singular Happenings In one corner of the room, as I have said, was the clerk's desk; the electric signal shone faintly above it; it had, to my eyes, a certain phosphorescent appearance. The Gates Between Then, other lights, not brilliant, but like phosphorescent bodies, that came and went and flashed by with blinding speed. nother luminous area rushed at them from ahead. Astounding Stories, May, 1931 But through the forest the path we travelled Its phosphorescent aisle unravelled In one thin ribbon of dwindling light: And twice and thrice on the fainting track We paused to listen. Collected Poems Volume One Another interesting light phenomenon is found in the observed fact that very many substances become markedly phosphorescent at low temperatures. A History of Science, Volume 5(of 5) Aspects Of Recent Science They slowly made their way through the impeding stalagmites, surrounded by a dark blur of shadows, the ghostly phosphorescent light illuminating well only the few rods around them. Astounding Stories, April, 1931 Imitation eyes, brows, and lips were painted on the wrappings, and the effect thus produced, and in the phosphorescent glare of the moonbeams, was very weird. Byways of Ghost-Land They came in swarms; cloud masses of them floated past; and swirls of phosphorescent fire marked the presence of larger creatures that moved among them. Astounding Stories, May, 1931 There tow'rs and the russet sands Make fine the tunes of ringing bells That echo to the skies of gray, Where phosphorescent lanterns flare. Betelguese A Trip Through Hell In general, colored things are but little phosphorescent. A History of Science, Volume 5(of 5) Aspects Of Recent Science Cautiously he opened his eyes.... e was in a large cave, the walls of which were glowing with greenish, phosphorescent light. Astounding Stories, April, 1931 On all sides heathery slopes, in the evening light a broken patch of sand showed white, almost phosphorescent, through contrast with the black ling. The Broom-Squire When the phosphorescent hands of his watch pointed to that hour he stealthily reached out and jabbed Knowlton, sleeping beside him. The Pathless Trail As first rays of dawn appear in the eastern sky and awaken the phosphorescent myriads in the water, long, grey shadows appear in the dim distance, almost on the border of the horizon. Friars and Filipinos An Abridged Translation of Dr. Jose Rizal's Tagalog Novel, 'Noli Me Tangere.' Tulasne is of opinion that their phosphorescent properties are still problematical; at least no recent observation confirms them. Fungi: Their Nature and Uses As their eyes again became accustomed to the familiar phosphorescent illumination, pallid and cold after the fierce orange flame, they saw why—and their eyes went wide with surprise and horror. Astounding Stories, April, 1931 Their searchlights cutting bright segments into the dark, they proceeded toward the vast mound that towered ahead, pushing through a weird realm of phosphorescent fish and other marine creatures. Astounding Stories of Super-Science January 1931 They glowed very faintly luminous, as though phosphorescent. Astounding Stories, March, 1931 During this dash we could make out neither boat nor dory from deck, but the flashes of light raised by the oars at every stroke were plainly to be seen in that phosphorescent sea. The Seiners Like Delile, he considers that the fungus is only phosphorescent up to the time when it ceases to grow; thus the light which it projects, one might say, is a manifestation of its vegetation. Fungi: Their Nature and Uses It seemed that a stream of the phosphorescent stuff ran off down the cave from the pool, to light the lower caverns. Astounding Stories, April, 1931 Rather was it the blue-green glow of phosphorescent witch-light that flickers and dances in the night mists above steaming tropical swamps. Astounding Stories of Super-Science January 1931 It was interesting to remain on deck at night and watch the heavens, as we glided silently through the phosphorescent sea. Due South or Cuba Past and Present The moon rose out of a phosphorescent sea and cast its long golden gleams on the azure blue, while the stars shone like isles of light in the sky. Where Strongest Tide Winds Blew As to the spores, which are white, I have found many times very dense coats of them thrown down on porcelain plates, but I have never seen them phosphorescent. Fungi: Their Nature and Uses As they looked about, their eyes became accustomed to the dim, eery, phosphorescent illumination. Astounding Stories, April, 1931 Into the latter they were led, finding themselves in a grotesquely furnished room, lit dimly by phosphorescent lamps. Astounding Stories of Super-Science January 1931 They float in phosphorescent clouds over the vegetation, emitting a lurid halo, like fairy torch-bearers to elfin crews. Due South or Cuba Past and Present Hastily he drew back from the greenly phosphorescent thing—but not before he had experienced an unpleasant prickling sensation over his entire body. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, November, 1930 He observes further, that he has met with specimens of Polyporus sulfureus which were phosphorescent. Fungi: Their Nature and Uses The dim phosphorescent illumination tinged its flabby tissues a weird white. Astounding Stories, April, 1931 Perhaps even vessels of war floated on the phosphorescent Bahama sea. e circled back, his flock wheeling like a flight of birds and following him. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, October, 1930 The whole cavernous pit was aflame with phosphorescent light. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, June, 1930 Strange monsters of the deeps: sightless, or with eyes like phosphorescent torches. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, November, 1930 I have seen a great number of young fungi which were very phosphorescent in the gills, but not in any other part. Fungi: Their Nature and Uses The great pumps which lifted the white phosphorescent liquid from the canals back to the cone above the ground were located beyond the great lake. Astounding Stories, April, 1931 At first all he could see was a number of criss-crossing phosphorescent lines that appeared shimmering through the blackness underneath. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, October, 1930 The name "phosphorus" means light-bearing, and anything like the element phosphorus, that glows without actively burning, is said to be phosphorescent. Common Science In his hand was a small cylinder, about the mouth of which a phosphorescent violet light was beginning to play. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, May, 1930 Although the stipe is luminous at its surface, it is not always necessarily so in its interior substance, if one bruises it, but this substance frequently becomes phosphorescent after contact with the air. Fungi: Their Nature and Uses Gray, in his book on Western Australia, says that this kind of whale lives principally on the large phosphorescent medus�. The Last Voyage to India and Australia, in the 'Sunbeam' Underneath, ruin and destruction, and leaping flames—and yet darkness, save for the phosphorescent outlines of the buildings. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, October, 1930 Sometimes millions of microscopic sea animals make the sea water in warm regions phosphorescent. Common Science They appeared to be covered by some microscopic phosphorescent vegetation. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930 Mr. Gardner has graphically described his first acquaintance in Brazil with the phosphorescent species which now bears his name. Fungi: Their Nature and Uses His body turned in space at times, and he saw the spreading cone of luminous gas behind them like the wake of a great ship in a phosphorescent sea. The Finding of Haldgren Quick as a flash his nose was directed towards the old sofa on which they were seated, and his eyes, like two balls of phosphorescent light, gleamed in their direction. The Hound From The North When they had, he could make out the shadowed forms of the OD, the first class quartermaster at the wheel, and the radarman hunched over the repeater, the scope a phosphorescent blur in the darkness. Decision The dew lies thick on everything; myriads of frogs and night insects yet hold their croaking concert; and the fire-fly cucullo, with its phosphorescent lantern, darts about here and there, like falling stars and fireworks. The Pearl of the Antilles, or An Artist in Cuba The number of recognized phosphorescent species of Agaricus is not large, although two or three others may be enumerated in addition to those cited by Tulasne. Fungi: Their Nature and Uses Flagons of grape-juice and various light and phosphorescent beverages stood on the sideboard. Punch, Or The London Charivari, Vol 150, February 9, 1916 There was a scratch, a streak of greenish phosphorescent light, and then all the world beyond became black, as a fusee vesta flared. Select Conversations with an Uncle (Now Extinct) And Two Other Reminiscences Sime saw the faint phosphorescent reflection against the stone where the stairway curved. The Martian Cabal The mast, sail, and rigging stood out black against the phosphorescent air; the men seemed to have plunged into a bath of transparent rays, and their faces were all lit up. The Voyages and Adventures of Captain Hatteras He remarks that the colliers are well acquainted with phosphorescent fungi, and the men state that sufficient light is given “to see their hands by.” Fungi: Their Nature and Uses Immediately the bottle began to glow with a phosphorescent light. Astounding Stories of Super-Science April 1930 From the black substance came a phosphorescent radiance. Raiders of the Universes He was phosphorescent—a long gleam of silver—and he rolled in the unmistakable manner of a fish nearly beaten. Tales of Fishes He was in a corridor, dim-lit by phosphorescent fungi that cloaked the damp walls. When the Sleepers Woke A young stalk which had been split lengthwise, and the internal substance of which was very phosphorescent, could imbibe olive oil many times and yet continue for a long time to give a feeble light. Fungi: Their Nature and Uses They leered at him with phosphorescent eyes, yellow and purple. Salvage in Space I have sat for hours on a summer night by the Mediterranean watching the phosphorescent waves throw a luminous spray over the shore, and meditating on the inexhaustible fertility of the sea. Mountain Meditations and some subjects of the day and the war Most of them were phosphorescent, and they avoided collisions in a way that suggested that they had some buried sense of light perception. Astounding Stories of Super-Science September 1930 There are a few species which give a phosphorescent light when growing on decayed logs. The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth These observations prove that what Schmitz has written was not true, that all parts of these fungi were seldom phosphorescent. Fungi: Their Nature and Uses From the face of the luminous dial, long streamers of faintly phosphorescent light were streaming. Poisoned Air The girl's face was greenish, putty-colored, and her teeth shone phosphorescent. The World Beyond As it reached the darkness beyond the beam it, too, showed phosphorescent. Astounding Stories of Super-Science September 1930 It is found very plentifully on decayed logs and stumps, and at times it is quite phosphorescent in its manifestations. The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth All around the two Americans grew a strange light—a weird, phosphorescent glow, revealing far walls and massive pillars. The Heads of Apex The telegraph tinkled again and our ship bounded forward, leaving a long trail of phosphorescent foam in her wake. From the St. Lawrence to the Yser with the 1st Canadian brigade The water is phosphorescent, and when it breaks over the reef it will shine in the night. Mr. Wicker's Window A pair of faintly phosphorescent eyes, small, but so wide apart as to show that their owner’s head must have been enormous, flashed round upon them. In the Morning of Time A glint of light through the close packed stems caught his eye; something phosphorescent it was, shining there in the green twilight. The Copper-Clad World After a moment there was a blinding flash, a moment of swooning darkness, and then they were staring through transparent walls into the phosphorescent gloom of the underseas crypt. The Heads of Apex A streak of pale phosphorescent mist had just appeared on the port bow, which spread and spread till it blotted out sea and sky, and all was one dim, impenetrable pall. Harper's Young People, April 27, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly Broad, phosphorescent swords broke smoothly with a rending, rushing gurgle over the steep cut-water. Peter the Brazen A Mystery Story of Modern China Blessed be his black face! how unlike the pale, phosphorescent forms I fancied just a little while ago! The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 122, December, 1867 Instantly the water was churned into phosphorescent fire as they precipitated themselves upon the struggling mantis, whose enormous form, extending halfway from shore to shore, was covered with the river monsters, gnawing, rending, tearing. Astounding Stories of Super-Science February 1930 Darkness fell like a curtain; but the waters now gleamed like nether heavens with their own stars of phosphorescent light. An Ohio Woman in the Philippines Giving personal experiences and descriptions including incidents of Honolulu, ports in Japan and China On the other hand, it is possible that the light of the sky at night is not entirely due to starlight, but that some of it may be caused by phosphorescent glow. Astronomy of To-day A Popular Introduction in Non-Technical Language The gazers shuddered with mute affright, For the stilts burned now with a bluish light, While a glimmering, phosphorescent glow Did out of the lady's garments flow. The Wit of Women Fourth Edition This belief originated with the sailors, and sprang from the striking phosphorescent gleam of the waves. Myths of the Norsemen From the Eddas and Sagas Back in the deeper blackness at the cliff-base a phosphorescent something wavered and glowed. Astounding Stories of Super-Science February 1930 Close by, some big phosphorescent mushrooms illuminated the darkness with their faint, ghastly gleams of light. My Friends the Savages Notes and Observations of a Perak settler (Malay Peninsula) Then in the salt water near the surface there are often myriads of minute Noctiluca whose wonderfully phosphorescent little bodies glow like coals of fire when the water is disturbed at night. Insects and Diseases A Popular Account of the Way in Which Insects may Spread or Cause some of our Common Diseases I went on deck to see the wonderful phosphorescent display. "The Red Watch" With the First Canadian Division in Flanders As the boatman complied and the Richard began to lift her hull from the sea, the dark waters ahead were brightened by a phosphorescent flash. El Diablo Had any upright figure been standing there, the light would have made an unholy phosphorescent specter out of it. Astounding Stories of Super-Science February 1930 My slow torture, under the pale glimmer of the phosphorescent mushrooms must have lasted for hours, but I no longer had the perception of time or peril. My Friends the Savages Notes and Observations of a Perak settler (Malay Peninsula) It is interesting to remain on deck at night and watch the heavens as we glide through the phosphorescent sea. Foot-prints of Travel or, Journeyings in Many Lands They were all cold lights, mere phosphorescent gleams without the searching, penetrating qualities of the light I had first felt, and they did not bother me. Child and Country A Book of the Younger Generation He started and looked involuntarily toward the phosphorescent line of breakers. El Diablo We pushed on until the dim twilight faded out, and only a phosphorescent glow on the water remained to reveal the snags that marked our course. Tales of the Malayan Coast From Penang to the Philippines All around me were little ripples, combing over with a sharp, bristling sound and slightly phosphorescent. Treasure Island At the first gleam of light which wakes the phosphorescent spirits of the water, almost on the bounds of the horizon, gray silhouettes slowly take shape. An Eagle Flight A Filipino Novel Adapted from Noli Me Tangere As the magic and mystery of night shroud Makassar in a mantle of gloom, the surrounding sea becomes a vision of phosphorescent flame to the furthest horizon. Through the Malay Archipelago The nebulæ seemed to Herschel to be vast masses of phosphorescent vapour. The Story of the Heavens I instinctively raised my hat as we glided over the phosphorescent waters of the harbor, for in my thoughts I was still in the presence of one of the great ones of the earth. Tales of the Malayan Coast From Penang to the Philippines The walls on all sides, made of half-digested cellulose, had rotted just enough through long years to be faintly phosphorescent. The Raid on the Termites The mole took a piece of phosphorescent wood in his mouth, and it glittered like fire in the dark; then he went before them to light them through the long, dark passage. Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen We find that some organisms produce as a result of their chemical life material which oxidises and gives out light and so these organisms are "phosphorescent" without any consequence, good or bad, to themselves. More Science From an Easy Chair The electricity in their hides had made a sort of blue 236 haze—phosphorescent, they call it—and it gave ’em an awful look. Across the Mesa A phosphorescent gleam disturbed the darkness of the water. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, August 19th, 1914 Kroger tells me that there are phosphorescent bacteria living in the mold on the walls. The Dope on Mars The night was pitchy dark, and nothing could Ezekiel see but the ghostly figure gliding along ahead of him, all lit by a weird phosphorescent light. Cornwall's Wonderland The friction resulting from ten living in one room must make one of them phosphorescent—and capable of giving light to humanity. An Anarchist Woman I saw phosphorescent light, and objects 209changed their places, but I saw nothing more than that. Fruits of Culture Only the phosphorescent spray from her sharp cutwater marked her position. The Submarine Hunters A Story of the Naval Patrol Work in the Great War The snow had ceased falling, the moon was out, and the passage flooded with a soft, phosphorescent glow that threw into strong relief every minute object. Werwolves As the Barracouta forged forward her prow started two diverging lines of phosphorescent bubbles and her wake resembled a trail of boiling flame. Jim Spurling, Fisherman or Making Good Another and much smaller plant, widely distributed in this country as well as Europe, and belonging to another genus, is also phosphorescent. Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. There was a slight flash, a pale phosphorescent glow, and in the midst of it the emblem of Islam appeared for an instant like a semi-circle of fire and then vanished. The Son of Monte-Cristo Occasionally we had lovely phosphorescent effects, and as we neared Scotland, millions ofp. A Girl's Ride in Iceland The eyes were large, round and quite close together, with that phosphorescent, flickering glow often shown by animals when the light is faint. Camp-fire and Wigwam Phosphoridrosis is a rare condition, in which the sweat is phosphorescent. Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine The sulphur polyporus is said sometimes to be phosphorescent. Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. A dark streak that looked like forest indicated the land, and a line of foam that glimmered with phosphorescent light ran outshore of them. Brandon of the Engineers Now the Barang leaned slightly to full canvas and snored easily through the phosphorescent seas with a pleasant tinkling of running wavelets along her sides. Gold Out of Celebes I had not thought of that before, but it was true—indeed, the fire appeared phosphorescent. The Fire People The glass is shattered and he is poured forth in a stream of phosphorescent light over the waves—thus being once more made one with Nature. The Faust-Legend and Goethe's 'Faust' That decaying wood often emits this phosphorescent light has been widely observed, especially in wooded districts. Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. Glancing at it mechanically he saw the phosphorescent dial glimmer faintly under shattered hands that remained fixed. Barbarians He wandered on close by the sea, where it broke gently in phosphorescent spray, till he was abreast of the cottage under the cliff where Brettison lodged with their charge. Witness to the Deed Then out of the white phosphorescent patches come minute points of silver and countless faint popping sounds, The herrings are at play about the nets. The Little Manx Nation - 1891 Ever nearer and nearer he circles, and in his wake, as it appears to Faust, trails a flickering phosphorescent gleam. The Faust-Legend and Goethe's 'Faust' We again entered the snowy woods, which were dimly lighted up by an aurora behind us—a strange, mysterious, ghastly illumination, like the phosphorescent glow of a putrefying world. Northern Travel Summer and Winter Pictures of Sweden, Denmark and Lapland These lights will consist of small globules or balls of phosphorescent light that will dance about, like the familiar will-o'-the-wisp seen over swamps and in damp, woody places. Genuine Mediumship or The Invisible Powers Five tepees, faintly phosphorescent with interior fires, stood in a line where the pine trees bounded the hay marsh. Two on the Trail A Story of the Far Northwest Luminous patches of phosphorescent light begin to move in the water, "The mar-fire's rising," say the fishermen, the herring are stirring. The Little Manx Nation - 1891 Here, as we shall see, the Mannikin breaks free from his glass retort and is poured out like phosphorescent light on the waves of the great ocean. The Faust-Legend and Goethe's 'Faust' The beautiful fire-fly is very common in Canada, their phosphorescent light shining with wonderful brightness through the shady forests in the summer nights. The Conquest of Canada (Vol. 1 of 2) It often happens that cloudy nebulous bodies of psychic substance are formed and float around in front of the cabinet, like clouds of steam or vapor illumined by a dim phosphorescent light. Genuine Mediumship or The Invisible Powers On the sea black, low objects were rushing along with foaming phosphorescent wakes trailing behind them. Famous Sea Fights From Salamis to Tsu-Shima From a weird phosphorescent whiteness it changed to a dull but intense yellow. The Monster But I could almost fancy that a bright yellow phosphorescent halo was spread around each plate as we drew it from its sandy bed. The Golden Magnet It was a time of magic moonlight, when the sea broke on the sands in phosphorescent lines in front of the kiosko. The Great White Tribe in Filipinia Astern was a white, self-luminous wake that narrowed to a point in the distance before it had lost its phosphorescent glow. The Wreck of the Titan or, Futility We stood watching it for a full minute, or more, and then I caught the now familiar phosphorescent gleam of water which indicated the presence of a moving object. Turned Adrift The boats had muffled oars; not a sound was heard; but had any one been on the lookout, the phosphorescent flashes as the blades touched the water would have betrayed them. The Three Midshipmen Mr. Holder furnishes a great mass of information concerning fire-flies, luminous beetles and other insects, the phosphorescent animals and animalculæ of the sea, and even of plants and flowers that give light. Sara Crewe or, What Happened at Miss Minchin's On Summer Seas At night, as the black prow goes pushing through the phosphorescent waters, porpoises of solid silver, puffing desperately, tumble about the bows, or dive down underneath the rushing hull. The Great White Tribe in Filipinia Just then a snorting noise was heard, and a magnificent horse came swimming by, as he splashed the water with his forefeet, surrounding himself with a blaze of phosphorescent light. The Three Commanders I never remember seeing the water so phosphorescent in any other part of the world. In the Wilds of Florida A Tale of Warfare and Hunting Several large phosphorescent masses of weird appearance also floated past. Fragments of science, V. 1-2 E. phosphorea derives the name from the fact of its sap emitting a phosphorescent light, on warm nights, in the Brazilian forests. Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture Had not the blue sea broken in phosphorescent ridges at their feet? The Great White Tribe in Filipinia Presently, in the fitful phosphorescent light of the water, some dark object seemed to float up alongside; and Jonathan gave vent to a scream of horror, that rang through the silence of the night. Picked up at Sea The Gold Miners of Minturne Creek From the corners of the high balconies strange lights flashed, developing in hideous outlines the phosphorescent colors of the skeletons and long, fuzzy, exaggerated lines of the accompanying worms. The Root of Evil The same line of light, and the phosphorescent tip of the match going down again to expire in the water. Dead Man's Land Being the Voyage to Zimbambangwe of certain and uncertain blacks and whites In its bosom, lurid, phosphorescent lights seemed to flit to and fro. The Continental Monthly, Vol 6, No 5, November 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy And as the ship plowed through the sea at night, the phosphorescent surge retreated like a line of silver fire. The Great White Tribe in Filipinia He found himself gazing down upon what appeared to be a cascading sea of phosphorescent light. The Heart of Unaga Stuart could see her snow-white side glistening in the phosphorescent waves as they swept by her. The Root of Evil The third physical property of light, Phosphorescence, is the property possessed by certain gems and minerals of becoming phosphorescent on being rubbed, or on having their temperature raised by this or other means. The Chemistry, Properties and Tests of Precious Stones Its body swelled and shrank alternately, with every swelling giving out a phosphorescent glow, with every contraction darkening to a faint red color. "Where Angels Fear to Tread" and Other Stories of the Sea Barradas was in the waist leaning over the bulwarks, smoking and watching the movements of some large fish in the phosphorescent water. Edward Barry South Sea Pearler The play of the phosphorescent light was the reflection of Unaga's lights caught by the myriad facets of broken ice upon its tumbled surface. The Heart of Unaga As soon as the yacht’s prow rushes through, everything is flashing out with phosphorescent light, and you can see myriads of tiny stars gliding away.” Jack at Sea All Work and no Play made him a Dull Boy Common quartz, rubbed against a second piece of the same quartz in the dark, becomes highly phosphorescent. The Chemistry, Properties and Tests of Precious Stones A third recorded that “the lightning struck the mainmast conductor five or six times,” and that “the mud-rain which covered the decks was phosphorescent, while the rigging presented the appearance of Saint Elmo’s fire.” Blown to Bits The Lonely Man of Rakata, the Malay Archipelago At times, however, when the water is phosphorescent, the creatures which form the luminous appearance cover the meshes so that the whole net becomes lighted up. Michael Penguyne Fisher Life on the Cornish Coast The sea was highly phosphorescent; that is, during the earlier part of the evening, and before the mist or haze before spoken of cleared up. The Island Home A few minutes later it was night, with the stars beginning to shine out clearly from the purpling sky, and the paddles making the water flash into phosphorescent foam. Jack at Sea All Work and no Play made him a Dull Boy Heating also produces electricity, and the stone, and even splinters of it, will give out a curious phosphorescent light, which is sometimes yellow, sometimes blue, or green. The Chemistry, Properties and Tests of Precious Stones The phosphorescent light sparkled from the blades of our oars, appearing brighter from the darkness which prevailed, but that could not be seen at any distance. Old Jack He bent a little as he shot his wrist-watch forward enough to look at the phosphorescent dial. I've Married Marjorie The Japanese matted floor, even in darkness, gives out a sort of ghostly, phosphorescent glow. The Dragon Painter The box clicked as Ned opened it; he took out a match, rubbed it sharply, and there was a faint line of phosphorescent light. Jack at Sea All Work and no Play made him a Dull Boy Canoes were drifting to and fro like motes in the darkness, tipped with a phosphorescent rim. Over the Rocky Mountains to Alaska The waves stretch their phosphorescent arms To embrace the night, The wind like a wounded gull beats its wings Over the land, over the sea, into the fog-vested intangibility. Sandhya Songs of Twilight We were for the moment leaning against the rail, our eyes on the phosphorescent light that gleamed on the waves. The Pirate of Panama A Tale of the Fight for Buried Treasure Others persist for a long time, with a faint phosphorescent glow. The Human Aura Astral Colors and Thought Forms The Italian pictures of Vandyke have much of this phosphorescent character—whereas many of those he painted in England have more of a daylight appearance. Rembrandt and His Works Comprising a Short Account of His Life; with a Critical Examination into His Principles and Practice of Design, Light, Shade, and Colour. Illustrated by Examples from the Etchings of Rembrandt. Then turning his phosphorescent eyes upon me, he exclaimed in a voice strident as the crying of a cat which has swallowed a fish-bone: 'Old Pharaoh will not be well pleased. The Mummy's Foot Witch-fires ever and anon flitted across the road before us, and the night-birds shrieked fearsomely in the depth of the woods beyond, where we beheld at intervals glow the phosphorescent eyes of wild cats. Clarimonde His large, round eyes had a phosphorescent glow, and the long, sinewy body and limbs were the repository of a strength and activity that might well make a veteran hunter timid about encountering him. The Hunters of the Ozark Under the best conditions, the radiation will assume an almost phosphorescent appearance. The Human Aura Astral Colors and Thought Forms Young couples paced the deck and leaned over the rail to watch the phosphorescent glow. The Highgrader They glowed, very faintly luminous, as though phosphorescent. Beyond the Vanishing Point According to the writer, it was not spiders' web, but something like asbestos; also that it was phosphorescent. The Book of the Damned This was the image of a man surrounded by a cloud of white, mist-like phosphorescent light, a deep scar standing out like a bleeding gash down the side of the head. A Woman who went to Alaska By the psychic perception, the aura is seen as a luminous cloud—a phosphorescent flame—deep and dense around the centre and then gradually shading into indistinctness toward the edges. The Human Aura Astral Colors and Thought Forms She saw the phosphorescent gleam from a shattered wave. Prince or Chauffeur? A Story of Newport There was something weird and ghostly in those half-seen figures, in the indistinct maze of cordage and canvas above, and the phosphorescent streaks of spray streaming away from either bow. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 104, June, 1866 Patterson, second officer of the P. and O. steamship Delta: a spectacle which the Journal continues to call phosphorescent: Malacca Strait, 2 A.M., The Book of the Damned A screw-propeller afforded means of propulsion, and phosphorescent gauges and compasses enabled him to steer with some accuracy. The Naval History of the United States Volume 1 Then he struck the match, which emitted a faint phosphorescent glow, and went dark again. VC — A Chronicle of Castle Barfield and of the Crimea The waiters were all Martian slaves, he noticed, their phosphorescent owl-eyes smoldering in the dim blue light. Security The column was smoky and threatening, yet a whitish light came from beneath it suggesting phosphorescent vapors. The Boy with the U. S. Weather Men The phosphorescent gleam seemed to glide along flat on the surface of the sea, no light being visible in the air above the water. The Book of the Damned Her almond-shaped eyes were likewise dark, but had a phosphorescent gleam, which gave her the name of Luciola, or the fire-fly. The Son of Monte-Cristo, Volume I It was Mau-tau's turn to descend with the last calabash, and Grief, peering down from the surface, saw the glimmer of sea-ghosts and all the phosphorescent display of the struggle. A Son Of The Sun The lonely, star-lit nights at sea encourage such phantasms; and the break of the waves upon the bow, with their myriad of phosphorescent sparkles, cheats and illumines the fancy. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 103, May, 1866 From these came no whitish phosphorescent light; instead, there was a greenish glitter, like a snake's eyes seen in the dark. The Boy with the U. S. Weather Men The water broke before them into spangles, glittering phosphorescent ripples. Prisoners of Hope A Tale of Colonial Virginia |
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