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" I became giddy, and was obliged to retire from it ! At an elevation of twenty-seven hundred feet, I looked down upon St. Paul's — that is to say, from about eight times its own height — layers of smoke, like thin clouds, hanging just above the swell... "
Crotchets in the Air; Or An (un)scientific Account of a Balloon-trip: In a ... - Page 20
by John Poole - 1838 - 98 pages
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The Mirror of Literature,Amusement,and Instruction VOL.XXXII

The Mirror of Literature,Amusement,and Instruction VOL.XXXII - 1838 - 474 pages
...out" some of the laughing gas.] Cause of Dizziness. — At an elevation of twenty-seven hundred fe«t I looked down upon St. Paul's— that is to say, from...swell of the dome, and not the slightest inconvenience did 1, or any of my travelling companions, suffer from our exalted position ! Now, how is this extraordinary...
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The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Volume 32

1838 - 472 pages
...out" some of the laughing gas.] Caiae of Dizzinen. — At an elevation of twenty-seven hundred fe«t I looked down upon St. Paul's— that is to say, from...swell of the dome, and not the slightest inconvenience dij I, or any of my travelling companions, suffer from our exalted position ! Now, how is this extraordinary...
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Crotchets In the Air; or; an (Un) Scientific Account of a Balloon-Trip

John Poole, ESQ. - 1838 - 114 pages
...looking down from an open window into the garden (the sill of the window being rather low) I became c 2 giddy, and was obliged to retire from it! At an elevation...twenty-seven hundred feet, I looked down upon St. Paul's—that is to say, from about eight times its own height—layers of smoke, like thin clouds,...
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