 Exactly at 26 minutes past 2 o'clock a slight twitch or shock of the ground was felt, and then a low, faint, indistinct, indescribable moaning subterranean rumble was heard, and immediately afterwards the bottom of the cliff began to belly out, and then...  Railway Locomotives and Cars - Page 861843Full view - About this book
 | Industrial arts - 1843 - 544 pages
...at a distance of 2,300 feet of wire. " Exactly at twenty-six minutes past two o'clock, a low, taint, indistinct, indescribable moaning subterranean rumble...heard, and immediately afterwards the bottom of the eliti' licúan to belly out, and then almost vimiiltaiicoiuly about iOO feet in breadth of ihe -minuit... | |
 | Henry Minchin Noad - Electric power - 1844 - 512 pages
...ignite gunpowder to a distance of 2,300 feet of wire. " Exactly at twenty-six minutes past two o'clock, a low, faint, indistinct, indescribable, moaning subterranean...bottom of the cliff began to belly out, and then almost simultaneously about 500 feet in breadth of the summit began gradually but rapidly to sink. There was... | |
 | Henry M. Noad - Electric power - 1849 - 534 pages
...ignite gunpowder to a distance of 2,300 feet of wire. " Exactly at twenty-six minutes past two o'clock, a low, faint, indistinct, indescribable, moaning subterranean...bottom of the cliff began to belly out, and then almost simultaneously about 500 feet in breadth of the summit began gradually but rapidly to sink. There was... | |
 | Folkestone - 1851 - 264 pages
...greater distance. At exactly 26 minutes past two o'clock, a low, faint, indistinct, indiscriminable moaning subterranean rumble was heard, and immediately...bottom of the cliff began to belly out, and then almost simultaneously about 500 feet in breadth of the summit began gradually, but rapidly, to sink ; the... | |
 | Frederick Collier Bakewell - Electric conduits - 1853 - 230 pages
...approached. "At twenty-sis minutes past two o'clock," as reported in the Times of the following day, "a low, faint, indistinct, indescribable, moaning...of the cliff began to belly out, and then, almost simultaneously, about 500 feet in breadth of the summit began gradually but rapidly to sink. There... | |
 | Henry Minchin Noad - Electricity - 1855 - 570 pages
...gunpowder to a distance of 2,300 feet of wire. uh "Exactly at twenty-six minutes past two o'clock, a low, faint, indistinct, indescribable, moaning subterranean...bottom of the cliff began to belly out, and then almost simultaneously about 500 feet in breadth of the summit began gradually but rapidly to sink. There was... | |
 | Henry Minchin Noad - Electricity - 1855 - 574 pages
...ignite gunpowder to a distance of 2,300 feet of wire. "Exactly at twenty-six minutes past two o'clock, a low, faint, indistinct, indescribable, moaning subterranean...bottom of the cliff began to belly out, and then almost simultaneously about 500 feet in breadth of the summit began gradually but rapidly to sink. There was... | |
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