 | 1842 - 528 sidor
...long, and hare a sharp moveable horn on the head : when laid on the back, they cannot turn . . •. . r except by pressing this horn against a membrane upon...by the light of a single one we read distinctly the finery-printed pages of an American newspaper. — ' Traveli in Central America, 80 A DAY AT THE WESTMINSTER... | |
 | 1842 - 630 sidor
...horn against a membrane upon the front. Behind the eyes are two round transparent substances, ful! of luminous matter, about as large as the head of...the finely-printed pages of an American newspaper.' — vol. ii. pp. 301-302. The ruins which were thus illuminated, and at which the party at length arrived,... | |
 | Nicholas Patrick Wiseman - 1842 - 660 sidor
...large as the head of the pin, and underneath is a larger membrane containing the same luminous matter. Four of them together threw a brilliant light for...one, we read distinctly the finely-printed pages of nn American newspaper." — vcl. ii. pp. 301-2. But we have not room for adventures, and proceed at... | |
 | Channing Arnold, Frederick J. Tabor Frost - 1909 - 448 sidor
...though we had not the luck to see, as did Stephens at Palenque, " ' lightning-bugs,' four of which together threw a brilliant light for several yards...by the light of a single one we read distinctly the finely printed pages of an American newspaper." No account of a Yucatecan night would be complete without... | |
 | Thomas Philip Terry - 1909 - 928 sidor
...immediately after death. Four of these luciferous insects (which abound hereabout) will throw a fairly brilliant light for several yards around, and by the light of a single insect one may read distinctly the finely-printed pages of a newspaper. They are nocturnal creatures,... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1842 - 578 sidor
...back they cannot turn over except hy pressing this horn against a membrane upon the front. Behind trie eyes are two round transparent substances, full of...the finely-printed pages of an American newspaper.' — vol. ii. pp. 301, 302. The ruins which were thus illuminated, and at which the party at length... | |
 | S. Warrand - 1842 - 626 sidor
...however, by calling them by their names. They are more than half an inch long, and have a sharp moveable horn on the head : when laid on the back they cannot...the finely-printed pages of an American newspaper.' — vol. ii. pp. 301-302. .-!..• . . '. The ruins which were thus illuminated, and at which the party... | |
 | 1842 - 528 sidor
...same luminous substance. Four of them together threw a brilliant light for several yards arounil ; and by the light of a single one we read distinctly...the finely-printed pages of an American newspaper. — StefJunt't Travel» in Central America. A DAY AT THE WESTMINSTER GAS-WORKS. "-:-,-_ * [Gns-Workí—... | |
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They are more than half an inch long, and have a sharp moveable horn on the head : when laid on the back they cannot turn over except by pressing this horn against a membrane upon the front. Behind the eyes are two round transparent substances, full of... 