 | Edward Polehampton - 1815 - 628 pages
...plainly to be distinguished with the naked eye. I immediately went down to the shore, and was surprised to find that, even without the assistance of a telescope, I could very plainly see tbe cliffs on the opposite coast ; which, at the nearest part, are between forty and fifty miles distant,... | |
 | Edward T W. Polehampton - 1815 - 588 pages
...plainly to be distinguished with the naked eye. I immediately went down to the shore, and was surprised to find that, even without the assistance of a telescope, I could very plainlj see the cliffs OB the opposite coast ; which, at the nearest pert, ar« between forty and fifty... | |
 | William Cowherd - 1818 - 728 pages
...was surprised to find that, even without the assistance of a Telescope, he could very plainly seethe cliffs on the opposite coast; which, at the nearest part, are between 40 and .50 miles distant, and arc not dist'eruible, from that low situation, by the aid of the best... | |
 | Edward Polehampton - Natural history - 1821 - 592 pages
...plainly to be distinguished with the naked eye. I immediately went down to the shore, and was surprised to find that, even without the assistance of a telescope,...aid of the best glasses. They appeared to be only a ftw miles off, and seemed to extend for some leagues along the coast. I pursued my walk along the shore... | |
 | Sir Richard Phillips - Wonder - 1821 - 788 pages
...without the assistance of. a telescope, he could very plainly see the cliffs on the opposite const ; which, at the nearest part, are between forty and...miles distant, and are not to be discerned, from that iow situation, by the aid of the best glasses. They appeared to be only a few miles off, and seemed... | |
 | Sir Richard Phillips - 1830 - 728 pages
...plainly to be distinguished with the naked eye. I immediately went down to the shore, and was surprised to find that, even without the assistance of a telescope,...opposite coast ; which, at 'the nearest part, are between 40 and 50 miles distant, and are not to be discerned, from that low situation, by the aid of the best... | |
 | Thomas Dick - Astronomical instruments - 1848 - 408 pages
...plainly to be distinguished by the naked eye. I immediately went down to the shore, and wag surprised to find that, even without the assistance of a telescope,...low situation by the aid of the best glasses. They ap» peared to be only a few miles off, and seemed to extend for some leagues along the coast. I pursued... | |
 | Thomas Dick - Educational sociology - 1850 - 586 pages
...bo distinguished by the naked eye. I immediately went down to the shore, and was surprised to lind that, even without the assistance of a telescope, I could very plainly sec the cliffs on the opposite coast, which, at the nearest part, arc between forty and fifty miles... | |
 | Thomas Dick - Astronomical instruments - 1856 - 408 pages
...plainly to be distmguished by the naked eye. I immediately went down to the shore, and was surprised to find that, even without the assistance of a telescope, I could very plainly see the clifls on the opposite coast, which, at the nearest part, are between forty and fifty miles distant,... | |
 | John Naylor - Nature - 2002 - 388 pages
...distinguished with the naked eye. I immediately went down to the shore, and was surprised to find, even without the assistance of a telescope, I could...opposite coast; which at the nearest part, are between 40 and 50 miles distant, and not to be discerned, from that low situation, by the aid of the best glasses.... | |
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I could very plainly see the cliffs on the opposite coast, which, at the nearest part, are between forty and fifty miles distant, and are not to be discerned from that low situation, by the aid of the best glasses. They appeared to be only a few miles... 