 | Jared Sparks, James Russell Lowell, Edward Everett, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1836 - 588 sider
...linen,) warp as if they had been before a large fire. Pannels of doors, window-shutters, and articles of furniture crack and often break. The effects of this...and palate become dry and painful. If the Harmattan last four or five days together, the skin of - the hands and face comes off; to prevent this, the natives... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1869 - 402 sider
...as if they had been before a large fire ; panels of doors, window-shutters, and furniture, crack and break. The effects of this wind upon the human body...the eyes, lips, and palate, become dry and painful. From these facts the Harmattan might be considered unhealthy ; whereas quite the contrary is observed.... | |
 | 1899 - 792 sider
...as if they had been before a large fire ; panels of doors, window-shutters, and furniture, crack and break. The effects of this wind upon the human body...the eyes, lips, and palate, become dry and painful. From these facts the Harmattan might be considered unhealthy ; whereas quite the contrary is observed.... | |
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... characteristics. When it lasts some time, the branches of orange and citron trees die; the covers of books (even when they are shut up in tight trunks, and have additional covering of linen,) warp as if they had been before a large fire. Pannels of... 