 | George William Fitch - History - 1856 - 280 pages
...their quality ; and their heat is sometimes so excessive that it is difficult to form an idea of their violence without having experienced it ; but it may...oven at the moment of drawing out the bread. When these winds begin to blow, the atmosphere assumes an alan_iing aspect^ (The sky, at other times so... | |
 | George William Fitch - Physical geography - 1859 - 290 pages
...sometimes so excessive that it is to form an idea of their violence without having experienced it ; y be compared to the heat of a large oven at the moment of draw.e bread. When these winds begin to blow, the atmosphere assumes ling aspect. The sky, at other... | |
 | Thomas Milner - 1860 - 896 pages
...their quality ; and their heat is sometimes so excessive that it is difficult to form an idea of their violence without having experienced it ; but it may...oven at the moment of drawing out the bread. When these winds begin to blow, the atmosphere assumes an alarming aspect. The sky, at other times so clear... | |
 | George William Fitch, Alphonso J. Robinson - Physical geography - 1864 - 276 pages
...sometimes so excessive that it is difficult to form an idea of their violence without having expericneed it ; but it may be compared to the heat of a large oven at the moment of drawing out the bread. When these winds begin to blow, the atmosphere assumes an alarming aspect. The sky, at other times so clear... | |
 | George William Fitch - Physical geography - 1867 - 142 pages
...their quality ; and their heat is sometimes so excessive that it is difficult to form an idea of their violence without having experienced It ; but it may...oven at the moment of drawing out the bread. When these winds begin to blow, the atmosphere assumes an alarming aspect. The sky, at other times so clear... | |
 | 1871 - 868 pages
...the destruction." Dr. Kitto informs us, " that the heat of these winds is sometimes so excessive that it may be compared to the heat of a large oven at tie moment of drawing out the bread. When these winds begin to blow, the atmosphere assumes an alarming... | |
 | Charles Daniel Dance - Venezuela - 1876 - 390 pages
...of poisonous winds, or, more correctly, hot winds of the desert. Such, in fact, is their quality ; it may be compared to the heat of a large oven at the moment of drawing out the bread. The air is not then cloudy, but grey and thick, and is, in fact, filled with an extremely subtle dust... | |
 | Charles Daniel Dance - Venezuela - 1876 - 392 pages
...of poisonous winds, or, more correctly, hot winds of the desert. Such, in fact, is their quality ; it may be compared to the heat of a large oven at the moment of drawing out the bread. The air is not then cloudy, but grey and thick, and is, in fact, filled with an extremely subtle dust... | |
 | John Platts - Curiosities and wonders - 1876 - 986 pages
...given various descriptions. M. Volnev says, that the violence of their heat may be compared to that of a large oven at the moment of drawing out the bread. They always blow from the south, and are undoubtedly owing to the motion of the atmosphere over such... | |
 | William Hancock Wheeler - Spiritual life - 1884 - 318 pages
...Their heat is sometimes so great that it is hard to form an idea of their violence without having felt it ; but it may be, compared to the heat of a large oven at the moment of drawing out the bread. The sky, usually so clear in those climates, becomes dark, the air grey and thick ; the sun loses its... | |
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Their heat is sometimes so excessive, that it is difficult to form any idea of its violence without having experienced it ; but it may be compared to the heat of a large oven at the moment of drawing out the bread. When these winds begin to blow, the... 
