 We came down so suddenly that I was shot out of the apparatus as if it had been a catapult; it broke the pitcher, extinguished the lamp, and landed me in the middle of the kitchen at midnight, with no fire and the air not much above the zero point. The...  American Monthly Knickerbocker - 621 ページ1856全文表示 - この書籍について
 | 1856 - 542 ページ
...supposed I was within a foot of the floor below, and then let go ! "We came down so suddenly, that I was shot out of the apparatus as if it had been a...extinguished the lamp, and landed me in the middle of the kuchen at midnight, with no fire, and the air not much above the zero point. The truth is, I had miscalculated... | |
 | Frederic Swartwout Cozzens - 1856 - 342 ページ
...supposed I was within a foot of the floor below, and then let go ! "We came down so suddenly, that I was shot out of the apparatus as if it had been a...My first impulse was, to ascend by the way I came down, but I found that impracticable. Then I tried the kitchen door, it was locked ; I tried to force... | |
 | Frederic Swartwout Cozzens - 1856 - 348 ページ
...supposed I was within a foot of the floor below, and then let go ! We came down so suddenly, that I was shot out of the apparatus as if it had been a...My first impulse was, to ascend by the way I came down, but I found that impracticable. Then I tried the kitchen door, it was locked ; I tried to force... | |
 | 1856 - 642 ページ
...supposed I was within a foot of the floor below, and then let go ! We came down so suddenly, that I was shot out of the apparatus as if it had been a...midnight, with no fire, and the air not much above the zeropoint. The truth is, I had miscalculated the distance of the descent — instead of falling one... | |
 | 1856 - 964 ページ
...aud then let go! "We came down во suddenly, that 1 was shot out of the apparatus as if it had boon a catapult; it broke the pitcher, extinguished the...kitchen at midnight, with no fire, and the air not uiuch above the /.ero point. The truth is, I had miscalculated the distance of the descent — instead... | |
 | William Evans Burton - 1857 - 328 ページ
...supposed I was within a foot of the floor below, and then let go ! We came down so suddenly, that I was shot out of the apparatus as if it had been a...not much above the zero point. The truth is, I had miscaleulated the distance of the descent — instead of falling one foot. I had fallen five. My first... | |
 | William Evans Burton - 1859 - 690 ページ
...supposed I wns within a foot of the floor below, and then let go ! We came down so suddenly, that I was shot out of the apparatus as if it had been a...in the middle of the kitchen at midnight, with no tire, and the air not much above the zero point. The truth is, I had miscaleulated the distance of... | |
 | John William Stanhope Hows - 1860 - 450 ページ
...supposed I was within a foot of the floor below, and then let go ! We came down so suddenly, that I was shot out of the apparatus as if it had been a...My first impulse was, to ascend by the way I came down, but I found that impracticable. Then I tried the kitchen door, it was locked ; I tried to force... | |
 | Wayne E. Burton - 1867 - 674 ページ
...supposed I was within a foot of the floor below, and then let go ! We came down so suddenly, that I was shot out of the apparatus as if it had been a...My first impulse was, to ascend by the way I came down, but I found that impracticable. Then I tried the kitchen door, it was locked ; I tried to force... | |
 | 1884 - 794 ページ
...supposed I was within a foot of the floor below, and then let go. We came down so suddenly, that I was shot out of the apparatus as if it had been a...fallen five. My first impulse was, to ascend by the way ] came down, but I found that impracticable. Then I tried the kitchen door : it was locked. I tried... | |
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