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Journey to the Center of the Earth - Verne trnsl by G&F - 44 chptrs
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- There was a reason, and it may be regarded as a good one, why my uncle objected to display his learning more than was absolutely necessary: he stammered; and when intent upon explaining the phenomena of the heavens, was apt to find himself at fault, and allude in such a vague way to sun, moon, and stars that few were able to comprehend his meaning.†
Chpt 1phenomena = things that exists or happened -- often of special interest
- In reality, the great volcanic movement of the island, and all its attendant phenomena, are concentrated in the interior of the island; there, horizontal layers or strata of rocks, piled one upon the other, eruptions of basaltic origin, and streams of lava, have given this country a kind of supernatural reputation.†
Chpt 9
- There was no time, however, for us to take more than a cursory view of these phenomena.†
Chpt 10
- New volcanic eruptions are always preceded by perfectly well-known phenomena.†
Chpt 11
- I took in every item of what I saw, and I began to comprehend the succession of phenomena which had preceded its formation.†
Chpt 12
- The great and wondrous phenomenon then went on without violence—the outpouring was enormous, and the seething fused matter, ejected from the bowels of the earth, spread slowly and peacefully in the form of vast level plains, or what are called mamelons or mounds.†
Chpt 12phenomenon = something that exists or happened -- often of special interest
- It will be seen that the first phenomena in connection with the formation of the island were simply eruptive; to these, however, shortly succeeded the volcanic phenomena.†
Chpt 12phenomena = things that exists or happened -- often of special interest
- It will be seen that the first phenomena in connection with the formation of the island were simply eruptive; to these, however, shortly succeeded the volcanic phenomena.†
Chpt 12
- Here, in a nutshell, I had the whole history of the phenomena from which Iceland arose.†
Chpt 12
- It resembled the fearful phenomenon of a similar character known to the travelers in the desert of the great Sahara.†
Chpt 12phenomenon = something that exists or happened -- often of special interest
- This extraordinary phenomenon, very common when the wind shakes the glaciers, and sweeps over the arid plains, is in the Icelandic tongue called "mistour."†
Chpt 12
- Naturally, it was to be supposed from new phenomena which were taking place in the bosom of the solid mass of Mother Earth!†
Chpt 25phenomena = things that exists or happened -- often of special interest
- In the interior gallery of St. Paul's, and amid the curious caverns in Sicily, these phenomena are observable.†
Chpt 25
- The illuminating power in this subterranean region, from its trembling and Rickering character, its clear dry whiteness, the very slight elevation of its temperature, its great superiority to that of the moon, was evidently electric; something in the nature of the aurora borealis, only that its phenomena were constant, and able to light up the whole of the ocean cavern.†
Chpt 27
- I seemed, as I stood upon that mysterious shore, as if I were some wandering inhabitant of a distant planet, present for the first time at the spectacle of some terrestrial phenomena belonging to another existence.†
Chpt 27
- It is the height of the tide, and I am anxious to study its curious phenomena.†
Chpt 28
- "It may appear so in your eyes, my dear uncle," was my reply, "but all the phenomena of the place appear to me to partake of the marvelous.†
Chpt 28
- ...the luminous state of the atmosphere ... was a phenomenon upon the duration of which we could calculate with certainty.
Chpt 29 *phenomenon = thing that exists
- Ever since we had taken our departure from the newly named Port Gretchen, my worthy uncle had directed me to keep a regular log of our day's navigation, with instructions to put down even the most minute particulars, every interesting and curious phenomenon, the direction of the wind, our rate of sailing, the distance we went; in a word, every incident of our extraordinary voyage.†
Chpt 29phenomenon = something that exists or happened -- often of special interest
- I keep on fearing, day after day, that the extraordinary electric phenomenon should become first obscured, and then go wholly out, leaving us in total darkness.†
Chpt 30
- Whatever be the truth, it is certain that not many leagues distant there must be some very extraordinary phenomenon, for as we advance the roar becomes something mighty and stupendous.†
Chpt 31
- It is necessary, therefore, to seek for the cause of this phenomenon elsewhere.†
Chpt 31
- It was nothing, after all, but a natural phenomenon.†
Chpt 31
- No blemish in any way explained the phenomenon.†
Chpt 33
- This lucid explanation of the phenomena we had witnessed appeared to me quite satisfactory.†
Chpt 34phenomena = things that exists or happened -- often of special interest
- By reason of a phenomenon which I cannot explain, and thanks to its extreme diffusion, now complete, the light illumined equally the sides of every hill and rock.†
Chpt 36phenomenon = something that exists or happened -- often of special interest
- This huge lump of rock, in consequence of some singular concussion, or process, one of those magnetic phenomena which have so often shaken the terrestrial crust, has in some unexpected way closed up the passage.†
Chpt 38phenomena = things that exists or happened -- often of special interest
- We are about to become the plaything of the great phenomena of the earth!†
Chpt 39
- Were we, then, going to reach a position in which these phenomena were to be carried out in all their rigor, and in which the heat would reduce the rocks to a state of fusion?†
Chpt 41
- By the doubtful glare of the torch, I could make out some singular changes in the granitic strata; a strange and terrible phenomenon was about to be produced, in which electricity played a part.†
Chpt 42phenomenon = something that exists or happened -- often of special interest
- Still this phenomenon would not have alarmed me alone; it would not have aroused in my mind a terrible, an awful idea.†
Chpt 42
- And then the mad compass, shaken by the wild electric phenomena, confirmed me in my rapidly formed opinion.†
Chpt 42phenomena = things that exists or happened -- often of special interest
- Many times since have I thought of this singular phenomenon without being able to find for it any satisfactory explanation.†
Chpt 42phenomenon = something that exists or happened -- often of special interest
- I should like to see a professor of the Johanneum Institution who is unable to explain a cosmic phenomenon—it would indeed be strange.†
Chpt 43
- Although I still believe in the theory of central heat, I confess that certain circumstances, hitherto very ill defined, may modify the laws of such natural phenomena.†
Chpt 44phenomena = things that exists or happened -- often of special interest
- For a learned man to be baffled by such an inexplicable phenomenon was very aggravating.†
Chpt 44phenomenon = something that exists or happened -- often of special interest
- But to what phenomenon do we owe this alteration in the needle?†
Chpt 44
Definitions:
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(phenomenon) something that exists or happened -- especially something of special interest -- sometimes someone or something that is extraordinary"Phenomenons" and "phenomena" are both appropriate plural forms of this noun. "Phenomena" is generally used in scientific or philosophical contexts.
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(meaning too rare to warrant focus) In philosophy, a phenomenon is something as known through the senses. It is contrasted with a noumenon.