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A hundred wonders of the world in nature and art, ed. by J. Small - Page 529
edited by - 1876 - 607 pages
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Report of the Annual Meeting, Volume 32

British Association for the Advancement of Science. Meeting - 1863 - 874 pages
...black darkness came, the optic nerve finally lost power suddenly. I was still conscious, with as active a brain as at the present moment whilst writing this....became unconscious as on going to sleep. I cannot tell anything of the sense of hearing ; the perfect stillness and silence of the regions 6 miles from...
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Report of the Annual Meeting

British Association for the Advancement of Science - 1863 - 864 pages
...the optic nerve finally lost power suddenly. I was still conscious, with as active a brain as at tho present moment whilst writing this. I thought I had...became unconscious as on going to sleep. I cannot tell anything of the sense of hearing ; the perfect stillness and silence of the regions 6 miles from...
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Proceedings of the British Meteorological Society, Volume 1

1863 - 526 pages
...darkness came — the optic nerve finally lost power suddenly. I was still conscious, with as active a brain as at the present moment whilst writing this....other thoughts were actively entering my mind, when (like every other symptom) I suddenly became unconscious, as going to sleep. I cannot tell anything...
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Proceedings of the British Meteorological Society, Volume 1

1863 - 484 pages
...darkness came — the optic nerve finally lost power suddenly. I was still conscious, with as active a brain as at the present moment whilst writing this....seized with asphyxia, and that I should experience 110 more, as death would come, unless we speedily descended ; other thoughts were actively entering...
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Proceedings of the British Meteorological Society, Volume 1

Royal Meteorological Society (Great Britain) - 1863 - 404 pages
...darkness came — the optic nerve finally lost power suddenly. I was still conscious, with as active a brain as at the present moment whilst writing this....other thoughts were actively entering my mind, when (like every other symptom) I suddenly became unconscious, as going to sleep. I cannot tell anything...
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Wonderful Balloon Ascents: Or, The Conquest of the Skies. A History of ...

Fulgence Marion - 1870 - 244 pages
...over me, and the optic nerve lost power suddenly. I was still conscious, wi;h as active a brain as whilst writing this. I thought I had been seized with...entering my mind when I suddenly became unconscious, as though going to sleep, I could not tell anything about the sense of hearing : the perfect stillness...
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Wonderful balloon ascents; or, The conquest of the skies. From the Fr

Fulgence Marion - 1870 - 286 pages
...over me, and the optic nerve lost power suddenly. I was still conscious, with as active a brain as whilst writing this. I thought I had been seized with...entering my mind when I suddenly became unconscious, as though going to sleep. I could not tell anything about the sense of hearing : the perfect stillness...
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Travels in the Air

JAMES GLAISHER - 1871 - 450 pages
...overcame me, so that the optic nerve lost power suddenly, but 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...
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Travels in the Air

James Glaisher - 1871 - 480 pages
...overcame me, so that the optic nerve lost power suddenly, but 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 morp, as death would come unless we speedily descended : other...
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The Popular Science Monthly, Volume 36

1890 - 900 pages
...finally lost power suddenly. I was still conscious, with as active a brain as at the present moment while writing this. I thought I had been seized with asphyxia,...unless we speedily descended ; other thoughts were entering my mind, when I suddenly become unconscious as in going to sleep. I can not tell anything...
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