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" I can positively affirm, that in still nights I have frequently heard them make a rustling and crackling noise, like the waving of a large flag in a fresh gale of wind. "
The Edinburgh Journal of Science - Page 339
1827
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The Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle, for ..., 96. köide,2. osa

1826 - 722 lehte
...their position and colours, as" ma king a rust ling and crackling noise, not unlike thai produced from the waving of a large flag in a. fresh gale of wind." Now it appears truly singular that Captain Parry and his Lieutenants could not hear the least sound,...
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The History of New Hampshire..., 3. köide

Jeremy Belknap - 1812 - 368 lehte
...in his journey to the northern ocean says, that he has frequently heard the. northern lights " make a rustling and crackling noise, like the waving of a large flag in a fresh gale of wind." — Page 224, 4to edition. CHAP. III. Face of the Country. — Sea-coast.— Mountains. FHE whole extent...
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A Sketch of the British Fur Trade in North America: With Observations ...

Thomas Douglas Earl of Selkirk - 1816 - 56 lehte
...to be distinctly heard in varying their colours and positions. ' I have frequently,' says Hearne, ' heard them making a rustling and crackling noise,...the waving of a large flag in a fresh gale of wind.' The electric aura, it is well known, will raise the mercury in the tube of the thermometer, but no...
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The Quarterly Review, 16. köide

1817 - 590 lehte
...to be distinctly heard in varymg their colours and positions. ' I have frequently,' says Hearne, ' heard them making a rustling and crackling noise,...the waving of a large flag in a fresh gale of wind.' The electric aara, it is well known, will raise tire mercury in the tube of the thermometer, but no...
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Narrative of a Voyage to Hudson's Bay: In His Majesty's Ship Rosamond ...

Edward Chappell - 1817 - 312 lehte
...affirm," says he*, " that in still nights I have frequently " heard the northern lights make a rus" tling and crackling noise, like the waving " of a large flag in a fresh gale of wind. " This is not peculiar to the place of which " I am now writing (the Athapusco Lake), " as I have heard...
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The Quarterly Review, 19. köide

William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1818 - 600 lehte
...of artificial fire- works.' ' I have frequently,' says Hearne, a plain unostentatious traveller, ' heard them making a rustling and crackling noise,...the waving of a large flag in a fresh gale of wind.' On the I Oth of May, 1815, Dr. Henderson again set out from Reykiavik to complete his mission by visiting...
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Retrospective Review, 13. köide

Henry Southern, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas - 1826 - 370 lehte
...artificial fire-works ; and, lastly, that respectable traveller, Hearne, says, that he has heard them make a rustling and crackling noise, " like the waving of a large flag in a fresh gale of wind." Nearly allied to the corruscations of the Northern lights, is the luminous appearance occasionally...
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The Retrospective Review, 13. köide

1826 - 370 lehte
...artificial fire-works ; and, lastly, that respectable traveller, Hearae, says, that he has heard them make a rustling and crackling noise, " like the waving of a large flag in a fresh gale of wind." Nearly allied to the corruscations of the Northern lights, is the luminous appearance occasionally...
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The Retrospective Review, 13. köide

1826 - 370 lehte
...artificial fire-works ; and, lastly, that respectable traveller, Hearne, says, that he has heard them make a rustling and crackling noise, " like the waving of a large flag in a fresh gale of wind." Nearly allied to the corruscations of the Northern lights, is the luminous appearance occasionally...
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Monthly Review; Or Literary Journal Enlarged

1827 - 640 lehte
...Hearne positively affirms, that in still nights, he has frequently heard the northern lights make " a rustling and crackling noise, like the waving of a large flag in a fresh gale of wind." Is it improbable that the noise, or the absence of it, depends upon the electric, or non-electric state...
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