 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 - 第621页1856全本阅读 - 图书信息
 | 1856 - 542 页
...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 页
...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 页
...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 页
...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 页
...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 页
...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 页
...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 页
...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 页
...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 页
...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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