. Barometric pressure : researches in experimental physiology. Atmospheric pressure; Physiology, Comparative; Anoxemia; Altitude, Influence of. 972 Summary and Conclusions death of which everyone had thought, that everyone had feared from the day when the contrivance of Montgolfier appeared in the air; that was death by falling. Thus they died. But here, for the first time, we saw two men die in the very bosom of the air, and die while ascending. They felt death coming, a death unknown till then; their oppressed breasts warned them of danger; they took counsel: "Must we descend?" Ah!
. Barometric pressure : researches in experimental physiology. Atmospheric pressure; Physiology, Comparative; Anoxemia; Altitude, Influence of. 972 Summary and Conclusions death of which everyone had thought, that everyone had feared from the day when the contrivance of Montgolfier appeared in the air; that was death by falling. Thus they died. But here, for the first time, we saw two men die in the very bosom of the air, and die while ascending. They felt death coming, a death unknown till then; their oppressed breasts warned them of danger; they took counsel: "Must we descend?" Ah! The consultation was not long. "We have ballast, we can make still more useful observations up there; excelsior, higher! And then they say that an Englishman could live and make observations above 8000 meters: the flag we carry must float higher yet!" They leap up, and death seizes them, without a struggle, with- out suffering, as a prey fallen to it in these icy regions where an. Fig. 88—Sivel. eternal silence reigns. Yes, our unhappy friends have had this strange privilege, this fatal honor, of being the first to die in what we call the heavens. And by a painful jest of fate, they died at the moment when science was furnishing them the means to triumph over the danger to which they fell victims. It was a scientific purpose of great theoretical importance," of immense practical consequences, that our two friends were pursuing. To determine the direction, the strength, the thickness of the aerial. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Bert, Paul, 1833-1886; Hitchcock, Mary Alice; Hitchcock, Fred Andrews, 1889-. Columbus, Ohio : College Book Company
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