 | 1820 - 468 Seiten
...trees descend from the mountain with the rapidity of lightning. The larger pines, which were about 100 feet long, and ten inches thick at their smaller extremity,...the space of three leagues, or nearly nine miles, vn two minutes and a lutlf, and during their descent, they appeared to be only a few feet in length.... | |
 | 1820 - 442 Seiten
...All these difficulties, however, were surmounted, and he had at last the satisfaction of observing the trees descend from the mountain with the rapidity of lightning: The larger pines, which were about 100 feet long, and ten inches thick at their smaller extremity, ran through the space of three leagues,... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1820 - 636 Seiten
...All these difficulties, however, were surmounted, and he had at last the satisfaction of observing the trees descend from the mountain with the rapidity of lightning. The larger pines, which were about 100 feet long, and ten inches thick at their smaller extremity, ran through the space of three leagues^... | |
 | John Ryley, John Gawthorp, John Whitley - 1822 - 344 Seiten
...shoots past, with the noise of thunder and the rapidity • The larger pines, which were about 100 feet long, and ten inches thick at their smaller extremity, ran through the snace of three league!, or nearly nine miles, in two minutes afid a half, and during their descent,... | |
 | Reuben Percy - 1826 - 382 Seiten
...occasion offered. All difficulties being at length surmounted, the larger pines, which were about one hundred feet long, and ten inches thick at their smaller...in two minutes and a half, and during their descent appeared to be only a few feet in length. The arrangements were extremely simple. Men were posted at... | |
 | 1826 - 370 Seiten
...occasion offered. All difficulties being at length surmounted, the larger pines, which were about one hundred feet long, and ten inches thick at their smaller...the space of three leagues, or nearly nine miles, in three minutes and a half, and during their descent appeared to be only a few feet in length. The arrangements... | |
 | 1820 - 486 Seiten
...All these difficulties, however, were surmounted, and he had .at last the satisfaction of observing the trees descend from the mountain with the rapidity of lightning. The larger pines, which were about 100 feet long, and ten inches thick at their smaller extremity, ran through the space of three leagues,... | |
 | Perry Fairfax Nursey - 1829 - 482 Seiten
...All these difficulties, however, were surmounted, and he had at last the satisfaction of observing the trees descend from the mountain with the rapidity of lightning. The larger pines, which were about 100 feet long, and 10 inches thick at their smaller extremity, ran through the space of three leagues,... | |
 | Luke Hebert - 1832 - 372 Seiten
...All these difficulties, however, were surmounted, and he had at last the satisfaction of observing the trees descend from the mountain with the rapidity...through the space of three leagues, or nearly nine milva, in two minutes and a half; and during their descent, they appeared to be only a few feet in... | |
 | Charles Babbage - 1832 - 352 Seiten
...All these difficulties, however, were surmounted, and he had at last the satisfaction of observing the trees descend from the mountain with the rapidity...ran through the space of three leagues, or nearly nmt miles, in two minutes and a half, and during their descent, they appeared to be only a few feet... | |
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... impracticable. All these difficulties, however, were surmounted, and he had at last the satisfaction of observing the trees descend from the mountain with the rapidity of lightning. The larger pines, which were about... 
