Home and Social Philosophy: Or, Chapters on Every-day Topics, Том 2G. P. Putnam, 1852 |
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... Cocking , the parachutes , concerning whom , and his fatal “ improvement , ” the public is satisfied that it knows everything , from the one final fact that he was killed . But there is something more than that in it , as we fancy . Not ...
... Cocking , the parachutes , concerning whom , and his fatal “ improvement , ” the public is satisfied that it knows everything , from the one final fact that he was killed . But there is something more than that in it , as we fancy . Not ...
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... Cocking was not to be deterred ; convinced of the truth of his discov- ery , up he would go . Mr. Green was not equally at ease , and positively refused to touch the latch of the " liberating iron , " which was to detach the parachute ...
... Cocking was not to be deterred ; convinced of the truth of his discov- ery , up he would go . Mr. Green was not equally at ease , and positively refused to touch the latch of the " liberating iron , " which was to detach the parachute ...
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... Cocking , " if you really will not take me any higher , I shall say good - bye . " 66 At this juncture Green called out , “ Now , Mr. Cocking , if your mind at all misgives you about your parachute , I have provided a tackle up here ...
... Cocking , " if you really will not take me any higher , I shall say good - bye . " 66 At this juncture Green called out , “ Now , Mr. Cocking , if your mind at all misgives you about your parachute , I have provided a tackle up here ...
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... Cocking's fate , or the result of his experiment , they had not the remotest knowledge . They only knew the parachute was gone ! The termination of Mr. Cocking's experiment is well known . For a few seconds he descended quickly , but ...
... Cocking's fate , or the result of his experiment , they had not the remotest knowledge . They only knew the parachute was gone ! The termination of Mr. Cocking's experiment is well known . For a few seconds he descended quickly , but ...
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... Cocking , it would have descended to the earth with perfect safety -- skimming the air , instead of the violent oscillations of the old form of this machine . We conclude , however , with Mr. Green's laconic - that the safest parachute ...
... Cocking , it would have descended to the earth with perfect safety -- skimming the air , instead of the violent oscillations of the old form of this machine . We conclude , however , with Mr. Green's laconic - that the safest parachute ...
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