 | British Association for the Advancement of Science. Meeting - Science - 1863 - 874 pages
...endeavoured to speak, but could not ; when in an instant intense black darkness came, the optic nerve finally lost power suddenly. I was still conscious,...should experience no more, as death would come, unless we speedily descended: other thoughts were actively entering my mind, when I suddenly became unconscious... | |
 | Meteorology - 1863 - 526 pages
...endeavoured to speak, but could not do so, when in an instant intense black darkness came — the optic nerve finally lost power suddenly. I was still conscious,...should experience no more, as death would come, unless we speedily descended ; other thoughts were actively entering my mind, when (like every other symptom)... | |
 | British Association for the Advancement of Science - Science - 1863 - 864 pages
...endeavoured to speak, but could not ; when in* an instant intense black darkness came, the optic nerve finally lost power suddenly. I was still conscious,...should experience no more, as death would come, unless we speedily descended: other thoughts were actively entering my mind, when I suddenly became unconscious... | |
 | 1863 - 484 pages
...endeavoured to speak, but could not do so, when in an instaut intense black darkness came — the optic nerve finally lost power suddenly. I was still conscious,...seized with asphyxia, and that I should experience 110 more, as death would come, unless we speedily descended ; other thoughts were actively entering... | |
 | Fulgence Marion - 1870 - 286 pages
...speak, but could not do so ; when in an instant intense black darkness came 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 asphyxia, and that I should experience no more,... | |
 | James Glaisher - Aeronautics - 1871 - 480 pages
...could not. In an instant intense darkness overcame me, so that the optic nerve lost power suddenly, but I was still conscious, with as active a brain as at...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... | |
 | JAMES GLAISHER - 1871 - 450 pages
...could not. In an instant intense darkness overcame me, so that the optic nerve lost power suddenly, but I was still conscious, with as active a brain as at...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... | |
 | James Glaisher - Aeronautics - 1871 - 486 pages
...not. In an instant intense darkness overcame me, so that the optic nerve lost power suddenly, but 1 was still conscious, with as active a brain as at...this. I thought I had been seized with asphyxia, and believed I should experience nothing mor^, as death would come unless we speedily descended : other... | |
 | Georg Hartwig - Aeronautics - 1875 - 610 pages
...valve -line. I endeavoured to speak, but could not. In an instant intense darkness overcame me, but 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, and believed I should experience nothing... | |
 | John Small - Curiosities and wonders - 1876 - 646 pages
...barometer, and, whilst doing so, my head fell on my left shoulder. I was still conscious, with as astute a brain as at the present moment, whilst writing this....should experience no more, as death would come unless we speedily descended; other thoughts were actively entering my mind, when I suddenly became unconscious... | |
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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... 
