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Page 35
The balloon now fell less “ I confess that his explanation did not rapidly than
previously , and I happened explain ; but he soon made himself to glance upward
through the sides of plainer by recalling to us that there are the car . I almost fell ...
The balloon now fell less “ I confess that his explanation did not rapidly than
previously , and I happened explain ; but he soon made himself to glance upward
through the sides of plainer by recalling to us that there are the car . I almost fell ...
Page 36
It is within less than one hundred sooner had we opened the car door and miles
of the earth , while the very nearest ... the anchor rope about a bowlfocus an
object less than a hundred miles der , we began a survey of our world . distant ?
It is within less than one hundred sooner had we opened the car door and miles
of the earth , while the very nearest ... the anchor rope about a bowlfocus an
object less than a hundred miles der , we began a survey of our world . distant ?
Page 37
The calculations , and I sprang back as easily gravitation of the little planet was
almost as I had jumped across . as much less than that of the earth as “ By
looking at the earth , they had disits size , and I weighed — had scales been
covered ...
The calculations , and I sprang back as easily gravitation of the little planet was
almost as I had jumped across . as much less than that of the earth as “ By
looking at the earth , they had disits size , and I weighed — had scales been
covered ...
Page 54
The enormous strain may be best understood from the fact that , if paying out in 2
, 600 fathoms ( 3 % 2 miles ) of water , at the rate of seven knots an hour , the
distance from the stern of the ship to where the cable touches the ooze is no less
...
The enormous strain may be best understood from the fact that , if paying out in 2
, 600 fathoms ( 3 % 2 miles ) of water , at the rate of seven knots an hour , the
distance from the stern of the ship to where the cable touches the ooze is no less
...
Page 59
... 744 fathoms , between Lisbon a minute by the " auto " working duplex . and
Madeira . The grappling for a cable , Heart ' s Content is also the cis - Atlantic and
raising it from such a depth , rarely occupy less than 24 hours , though the picking
...
... 744 fathoms , between Lisbon a minute by the " auto " working duplex . and
Madeira . The grappling for a cable , Heart ' s Content is also the cis - Atlantic and
raising it from such a depth , rarely occupy less than 24 hours , though the picking
...
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