Chapter
1 I | and tripled the stars a hundred thousand million miles away,
2 I | traveled at a speed of over one hundred and twenty miles an hour.~
3 I | projectiles—or about four hundred and fifty miles an hour—
4 I | the temple, of the Four Hundred Genii at Canton, the Hindus
5 II | so do we!” replied half a hundred voices confounded in one.~“
6 II | shouting, arguing, disputing, a hundred balloonists, all with their
7 II | The seven thousand five hundred cubic meters that pass over
8 II | within a radius of three hundred miles, would return an annual
9 II | an annual income of three hundred million dollars, of which
10 II | which makes every day five hundred movements equal in every
11 III | cyclones which exceed a hundred yards a second not a fragment
12 III | last installment of the hundred thousand paper dollars he
13 III | form a syndicate. Three hundred thousand dollars came into
14 III | Francisco, exceeding by many hundred leagues the journeys of
15 III | who accomplished eleven hundred and fifty miles from St.
16 III | frightful fall from fifteen hundred feet at the cost of a slight
17 III | de Rozier fell only seven hundred feet, and yet killed himself
18 IV | crocodile can reach four hundred atmospheres, while that
19 IV | hound can only amount to one hundred. From this the following
20 IV | Well, now, look here; You hundred, who believe in the realization
21 IV | not less than that of four hundred horsepower; when in the
22 IV | aerial voyage of twelve hundred miles above the American
23 IV | the bee, which gives one hundred and ninety-two per second —”~“
24 IV | ninety-two per second —”~“One hundred and ninety-three!” said
25 IV | house fly, which gives three hundred and thirty —”~“And a half!”~“
26 IV | could lift a weight of four hundred grammes, or two hundred
27 IV | hundred grammes, or two hundred times its own weight, the
28 V | and explained them in a hundred ways, not one of which was
29 VII | This was a framework a hundred feet long and twelve wide,
30 VIII | full speed, could do her hundred and twenty miles an hour,
31 VIII | tour of the globe in two hundred hours, or less than eight
32 IX | whose windows seemed like a hundred glittering points on each
33 IX | rails, four thousand five hundred miles in length, stretching
34 X | aeronef was now more than six hundred miles from Omaha, and over
35 X | round and more than two hundred feet high.~Robur must evidently
36 X | had even dropped several hundred yards when the sound of
37 X | taken by the railway. Only a hundred and eighty miles then separated
38 XI | flying at the height of seven hundred feet or more.~At first he
39 XI | her tug, sprang aloft six hundred feet under the impulse of
40 XI | color, and weigh from three hundred to four hundred pounds.
41 XI | from three hundred to four hundred pounds. There they were
42 XI | aerial monster.~The twelve hundred miles of the Behring Sea
43 XI | which was nearly thirteen hundred feet thick, and the ascensional
44 XII | hour they had traversed the hundred and twenty-five miles of
45 XII | Manchu town the eighteen hundred acres of the Yellow town,
46 XII | harps. In the air were a hundred kites of different forms,
47 XII | orographical system! More than two hundred summits have been measured,
48 XII | twenty-six thousand eight hundred feet, and relegated to second
49 XIII | kingdom of Herat, nearly seven hundred miles from Cashmere.~In
50 XIII | July she was about three hundred feet above the Caspian.~
51 XIII | Caspian, which is some six hundred and twenty-five miles long
52 XIII | twenty-five miles long and two hundred wide, because the speed
53 XIII | may drop to within a few hundred feet of the ground. Now
54 XIII | depth of from sixty to four hundred feet, would flood the low
55 XIII | rope was paid out for a hundred feet and Frycollin found
56 XIII | Albatross” had sunk several hundred feet she was still in the
57 XIV | from a machine going one hundred and twenty miles an hour
58 XIV | the swallow, which is one hundred and twelve miles an hour.~
59 XIV | she had covered the twelve hundred miles which separate Astrakhan
60 XIV | line measures about seven hundred and fifty miles. This was
61 XIV | hours only for these twelve hundred miles! Verily it might be
62 XIV | till she was within a few hundred feet of the ground. Robur
63 XIV | resumed at the rate of one hundred and twenty miles an hour.~
64 XV | Chick.~Before night several hundred miles had been accomplished
65 XV | she was saluted with many hundred gunshot, and the bullets
66 XV | the tropic of Cancer. Six hundred miles from the northern
67 XV | thrown over except a few hundred kept by Tapage for his larder.
68 XV | aeronef was then eleven hundred miles from the Wargla oasis
69 XV | being contained within three hundred and sixty leagues from north
70 XV | north to south, and one hundred and eighty from east to
71 XV | numbers some seven or eight hundred thousand, including the
72 XV | Near him were grouped a hundred executioners, all accustomed
73 XV | till she was within three hundred feet of the ground, and
74 XV | descending boldly to within a hundred and fifty feet of the ground.
75 XVI | possession of him.~Of the hundred and forty-five million square
76 XVI | full speed, none of the hundred and twenty miles an hour
77 XVI | current than usual, about a hundred feet from the level of the
78 XVI | rising six thousand four hundred feet from the sea. And now
79 XVI | to fill Tapage’s larder a hundred times and more.~Here was
80 XVII | she had advanced about a hundred miles to the south the “
81 XVII | towards the sea. At three hundred yards from it the descent
82 XVII | the boat, attached to a hundred feet of rope, began to move
83 XVIII| that was more than three hundred miles an hour.~The “Albatross”
84 XVIII| below Cape Horn; twelve hundred miles more and she would
85 XVIII| lengthened into one of a hundred and seventy-nine hours.
86 XVIII| aeronef was within fourteen hundred miles of the pole.~Irresistibly
87 XVIII| the polar circle on the hundred and seventy-fifth meridian.
88 XVIII| danger of being dashed a hundred times or more. She was not
89 XVIII| accomplishing four thousand three hundred and fifty miles in nineteen
90 XVIII| knew not where.~A cable one hundred and fifty feet long with
91 XIX | Pacific.~At this height—one hundred and, fifty feet—the island
92 XIX | conical mountain about two hundred feet high.~No natives were
93 XIX | To be suspended only one hundred and fifty feet from the
94 XIX | Island, or two thousand eight hundred miles.”~“All the more reason
95 XX | the “Albatross” was a few hundred feet from the waves she
96 XXII | Go-Ahead” was about one hundred and fifty feet above the
97 XXII | supra-terrestrial domain.~A hundred thousand hands were placed
98 XXII | were placed in answer on a hundred thousand hearts, and a hundred
99 XXII | hundred thousand hearts, and a hundred thousand other hands were
100 XXII | at an altitude of eight hundred feet.~Then she began her
101 XXII | the aerostat rose a few hundred yards. The maneuver was
102 XXII | crowd, a shout followed by a hundred thousand more. All hands
103 XXII | Institute was repeated by a hundred thousand mouths:~“The “Albatross!”
104 XXIII| small brigantine of about a hundred tons, and in her he sailed
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