 At this juncture, had it not been for the application to our mouths of two pipes leading into an air-bag, with which we had furnished ourselves previous to starting, we must within a minute have been suffocated, and so, but by different means, have shared...  The Mechanics' Magazine, Museum, Register, Journal, and Gazette - Página 2641837Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | National reading books - 1871 - 232 páginas
...object. During this frightful operation, the gas was rushing out in torrents from the valves ; and had it not been for the application to our mouths of two pipes leading into a silk bag, containing 100 gallons of atmospheric air, with which we had furnished ourselves previous... | |
 | Edwin Hodder - 1878 - 488 páginas
...of the balloon as to admit of comparatively but a small escape from that aperture. At this juncture, had it not been for the application to our mouths...furnished ourselves previous to starting, we must within a minute have been suffocated, and so, but by different means, have shared the melancholy fate... | |
 | Thomas Hervey - 1899 - 206 páginas
...object. During this frightful operation, the gas was rushing out in torrents from the valves ; and had it not been for the application to our mouths of two pipes leading to a silk bag containing 1oo gallons of atmospheric air, with which we had furnished ourselves previous... | |
 | John Mackenzie Bacon - 1902 - 436 páginas
...of the balloon as to admit of but a comparatively small escape by this aperture. At this juncture, had it not been for the application to our mouths of two pipes leading into an air bag, with which we had furnished ourselves previous to starting, we must within a minute have been... | |
 | Charles Cyril Turner - 1917 - 360 páginas
...of the balloon as to admit of but a comparatively small escape by this aperture. At this juncture, had it not been for the application to our mouths...had furnished ourselves previous to starting we must .have been suffocated." Green and Spencer eventually reached earth in safety near Maidstone, knowing... | |
 | 1837 - 450 páginas
...top of the babón as to admit of comparatively but a small escape by that aperture. At this juncture, had it not been for the application to our mouths...furnished ourselves previous to starting, we must within a minute have been suffocated, and so, but by different means, have shared the melancholy fate... | |
 | 1837 - 756 páginas
...of the balloon as to admit of comparitively but a small escape by that aperture. " At this juncture, had it not been for the application to our mouths of two pipes leading into an air-bag with which we bad furnished ourselves previous to starting, we must, within a minute, have been suffocated ; and... | |
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