The so-called phosphorescence of most inorganic bodies is one of a totally different nature from that exhibited in organic forms. From Wordnik.com. [Young Folks' Library, Volume XI (of 20) Wonders of Earth, Sea and Sky] Reference
They must not be confused with the greenish-yellow phosphorescence which is also produced: the X-rays are invisible. From Wordnik.com. [Alchemy: Ancient and Modern] Reference
Our intellect, which is merely a kind of phosphorescence that plays on this inner sea, has as yet but faint knowledge of it. From Wordnik.com. [The Buried Temple] Reference
Phosphorus seems to play no part here, in spite of the name of phosphorescence which is sometimes bestowed upon the Glow-worm's gleam. From Wordnik.com. [The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles] Reference
The cause of the phosphorescence is still a mystery. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy"] Reference
Little Nelly S. sat with us to watch the phosphorescence. From Wordnik.com. [Life at Puget Sound: With Sketches of Travel in Washington Territory, British Columbia, Oregon and California] Reference
The clouds became tremulous masses of argent phosphorescence. From Wordnik.com. [The Eternal Maiden] Reference
As on the previous night, the sea was aglow with phosphorescence. From Wordnik.com. [Jim Spurling, Fisherman or Making Good] Reference
The height of the curve represents the degree of phosphorescence. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 795, March 28, 1891] Reference
With yttria in a vacuum tube, the point of maximum phosphorescence, as. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 795, March 28, 1891] Reference
The next stage, dealing with more rarefied matter, is that of phosphorescence. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 795, March 28, 1891] Reference
To her surprise, out came a faint cloud of quickly dissipating phosphorescence. From Wordnik.com. [The Color of Silence is Radium Green] Reference
Long streaks of phosphorescence darted back and forth in the shadow of the boat. From Wordnik.com. [The Adventures of Piang the Moro Jungle Boy A Book for Young and Old] Reference
Luminescence: applied to the light of fire-flies, as a substitute for phosphorescence. From Wordnik.com. [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference
A third source of light is phosphorescence, as we see it in the glow-worm and fireflies. From Wordnik.com. [A Catechism of Familiar Things; Their History, and the Events Which Led to Their Discovery. With a Short Explanation of Some of the Principal Natural Phenomena. For the Use of Schools and Families. Enlarged and Revised Edition.] Reference
He noticed, too, that the whole patch of barren land glowed with a strange phosphorescence like rotted wood. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Inventors' Radio Telephone] Reference
Seaward, at times, where the splitting floes crashed against one another, there ran zigzag lines of phosphorescence. From Wordnik.com. [The Eternal Maiden] Reference
The violet phosphorescence lighted them on their way, and tracked with luminous curve and star every move of the enemy. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 23, February, 1873] Reference
Small as the flame was, it was actinically much more powerful than the brighter phosphorescence of the fungi behind them. From Wordnik.com. [Astounding Stories of Super-Science February 1930] Reference
By his scent of dead fish and sunken ships, the phosphorescence under his nails, she guesses the man can only be Poseidon. From Wordnik.com. [What She Gave to the Sea] Reference
Light ... along with the cold, there was a phosphorescence on the water -- white patches floating, dipping, riding the waves. From Wordnik.com. [Key Out of Time] Reference
Although it might have been Loretta's imagination, he seemed to illuminate the space around him with his cool phosphorescence. From Wordnik.com. [One Thousand Incarnations and One Thousand Deaths - Part I] Reference
Round spots of light, dull, greenish, close to the ground, as if someone had flung a handful of phosphorescence into the dark. From Wordnik.com. [Star Born] Reference
The conditions of phosphorescence are, the presence of free oxygen, and, generally, a relatively low temperature, together with. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy"] Reference
Thinking in terms of the conventional explanation of all phosphorescence at sea, the captain at first suspected this substance. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of the Damned] Reference
Other thought forms have the appearance of swiftly rotating balls of cloudy substance, often glowing with a faint phosphorescence. From Wordnik.com. [The Human Aura Astral Colors and Thought Forms] Reference
I have many notes upon the sulphurous odor of meteorites, and many notes upon phosphorescence of things that come from externality. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of the Damned] Reference
The butcher who sent the meat told him the phosphorescence was first observed in a cellar, where he kept scraps for making sausages. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American, Volume 40, No. 13, March 29, 1879 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures] Reference
In an analogous manner the author explains the phenomena of phosphorescence which Crookes 'elicits by the action of his radiant matter. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 288, July 9, 1881] Reference
Society by Captain Hoseason, was sailing in a sea in which there was no phosphorescence -- "there being no phosphorescence in the water.". From Wordnik.com. [The Book of the Damned] Reference
As to phosphorescence -- "I collected a bucketful of water, and examined it under the microscope, but could not detect anything abnormal.". From Wordnik.com. [The Book of the Damned] Reference
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