 | Perry Fairfax Nursey - Industrial arts - 1854 - 664 pages
...of his last ascension from Baltimore, say« of the appearance of the earth from a balloon : "I don't know that I ever hinted heretofore that the aeronaut...Philosophy imposes the truth upon us, but the view of the eaith from the elevation of a balloon is that of an immense ter106 ON THE EDUCATION OF OUR MANUFACTURERS.... | |
 | Industrial arts - 1854 - 670 pages
...of his last ascension from Baltimore, says of the appearance of the earth from a balloon : "I don't know that I ever hinted heretofore that the aeronaut...Philosophy imposes the truth upon us, but the view of the eaith from the elevation of a balloon is that of an immense ter108 ON THE EDUCATION OF OUR MANUFACTURERS.... | |
 | Technology - 1854 - 688 pages
...of his last ascension from Baltimore, says of the appearance of the earth from a balloon : "I don't know that I ever hinted heretofore that the aeronaut may well be tile most sceptical man about the rotundity of the earth. Philosophy imposes the truth upon us, but... | |
 | Samuel Birley Rowbotham - 1865 - 240 pages
...ascension from Baltimore, thus speaks of the appearance of the Earth from a balloon : — " I don't know that I ever hinted heretofore that the aeronaut...from the elevation of a balloon is that of an immense terrestial basin, the deeper part of which is that directly under one's feet. As we ascend, the Earth... | |
 | 1883 - 690 pages
...Elliot, an American aeronaut, says — " I don't know that I ever hinted heretofore that the feronaut may well be the most sceptical man about the rotundity...part of which is that directly under one's feet." This is the testimony of all aeronauts. The earth looks like a huge basin, the edges thereof being... | |
 | Koresh - Earth - 1898 - 248 pages
...be the most skeptical man about the rotundity (convexity) of the earth. Theory imposes conclusions upon us; but the view of the earth from the elevation...of which is that directly under one's feet. As we ascend, the earth beneath us seems to recede — actually sink away — while the horizon gradually... | |
 | "Rectangle" (pseudonym of T. Winship.) - Cosmology - 1899 - 212 pages
...distinguish any undulation in the immense plane." Mr. Elliott, an American aeronaut, says : " I don't know that I ever hinted heretofore that the aeronaut...sceptical man about the rotundity of the earth. Philosophy forces the truth upon us ; but the view of the earth from the elevation of a balloon is that of an... | |
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I don't know that lever hinted heretofore that the aeronaut may well be the most sceptical man about the rotundity of the •earth. Philosophy imposes the truth upon us ; but the view of the earth from the elevation of a balloon is that of an immense... 