Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 256William Blackwood, 1944 - England |
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Page 14
... feet the cloud dispersed in ragged streamers , and choppy grey water became visible for perhaps a mile ahead . The ... feet . . . we braced ourselves as we had done more than a long day before ... 300 feet , 200 - now the water was ...
... feet the cloud dispersed in ragged streamers , and choppy grey water became visible for perhaps a mile ahead . The ... feet . . . we braced ourselves as we had done more than a long day before ... 300 feet , 200 - now the water was ...
Page 98
... feet high on either side . Tupisa , a fair - sized town with about two thousand inhabitants , is most picturesque and well planted with trees . It looks as if it had been dropped from the sky into a basin formed by the rugged mountains ...
... feet high on either side . Tupisa , a fair - sized town with about two thousand inhabitants , is most picturesque and well planted with trees . It looks as if it had been dropped from the sky into a basin formed by the rugged mountains ...
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... feet the two systems approach equality when the speed is 500 miles per hour . At 40,000 feet the aeroplane is out of its element . Thereafter the jet - propelled ether - plane shares the heavens with the celestial bodies alone . It is ...
... feet the two systems approach equality when the speed is 500 miles per hour . At 40,000 feet the aeroplane is out of its element . Thereafter the jet - propelled ether - plane shares the heavens with the celestial bodies alone . It is ...
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