My Life and Balloon Experiences: With a Supplementary Chapter on Military Ballooning, 2권W.H. Allen & Company, 1889 - 13페이지 |
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22 페이지 - Up springs the lark, Shrill-voiced, and loud, the messenger of morn; Ere yet the shadows fly, he mounted sings Amid the dawning clouds, and from their haunts Calls up the tuneful nations.
123 페이지 - I then drew up my legs, which had been extended before ine, and took a pencil in my hand to begin observations. Mr. Coxwell told me that he had lost the use of his hands, which were black, and I poured brandy over them. I resumed my observations at 2h 7m, recording the barometer reading at 11-53 inches and temperature — 2°.
126 페이지 - A fourth was thrown out at four miles on descending ; it flew in a circle, and shortly alighted on the top of the balloon. The two remaining pigeons were brought down to the ground. One was found to be dead ; and the other, a
122 페이지 - As in the case of the arms, all muscular power was lost in an instant from my back and neck. I dimly saw Mr. Coxwell...
123 페이지 - I was still conscious, with as active a brain as at the present moment whilst writing this. I thought I had been seized with asphyxia, and believed I should experience nothing more, as death would come unless we speedily descended : other thoughts were entering my mind, when I suddenly became unconscious as on going to sleep.
124 페이지 - ... to begin observations. Mr. Coxwell told me that he had lost the use of his hands, which were black, and I poured brandy over them. I resumed my observations at 2h. 7m., recording the barometer muling at 1T53 inches, and temperature minus 2°. It is 'probable that three or four minutes passed from the time of my hearing the words "temperature" and "observation," till I began to observe; if so, returning consciousness came at 2h.
121 페이지 - I read the dry-bulb thermometer as minus 5°; after this I could not see the column of mercury in the wet-bulb thermometer, nor the hands of the watch, nor the fine divisions on any instrument. I asked Mr. Coxwell to help me to read the instruments. In consequence, however, of the rotatory motion of the balloon, which had continued without ceasing since leaving the earth, the valve-line had become entangled, and he had to leave the car and mount into the ring to readjust it.
122 페이지 - I then looked at the barometer, and found its reading to be 9fin., still decreasing fast, implying a height exceeding 29,000 feet. Shortly after I laid my arm upon the table, possessed of its full vigour, but on being desirous of using it I found it powerless— it must have los* its power momentarily ; trying to move the other arm, I found it powerless also.
122 페이지 - In consequence, however, of the rotatory motion of the balloon, which had continued without ceasing since leaving the earth, the valve-line had become entangled, and he had to leave the car and mount into the ring to readjust it. I then looked at the barometer, and found its reading to be 9jin., still decreasing fast, implying a height exceeding 29,000 feet. Shortly after...
125 페이지 - ... we were ascending at the rate of 1,000 feet per minute, and when I resumed observations we were descending at the rate of 2,000 feet per minute, These two positions must be connected, taking into account the interval of time between, viz.