Chapter
1 I | American to the Canadian bank three miles from the falls.~The
2 I | been seen between two and three o’clock; at Nice it had
3 I | had been noticed between three and four o’clock; while
4 II | workshops within a radius of three hundred miles, would return
5 II | return an annual income of three hundred million dollars,
6 II | president. A difference of three fifteen-hundredths of a
7 III | necessary to form a syndicate. Three hundred thousand dollars
8 III | Tinder, immortalized by three of his ascents out of a
9 III | cubic meters. Compare these three aerostats with the aerial
10 IV | common house fly, which gives three hundred and thirty —”~“And
11 IV | denials which lasted for three long minutes. And then Phil
12 V | Uncle Prudent for about three years. Over and over again
13 VI | gong only gave a quarter to three, and the watch had not stopped.~“
14 VI | Evans. “At a quarter to three it ought still to be night”.~“
15 VII | solve the problem are of three kinds:—~1. Helicopters or
16 VII | which can be divided under three heads—the platform, the
17 VII | bulwarks. On the deck were three houses, whose compartments
18 VII | suspensory screws, whose three branches were connected
19 VIII | accompanied him. He said only three words. These were transmitted
20 VIII | united one bank to the other. Three miles below was a suspension-bridge,
21 X | have been miraculous.~In three quarters of an hour the
22 X | passengers greeted the aeronef.~Three or four of the crew of the “
23 XI | in color, and weigh from three hundred to four hundred
24 XI | Institute.~“The fog lasted three days, the 19th, 20th, and
25 XII | accumulating during the last three days.~In an hour they had
26 XIII | 3rd of July she was about three hundred feet above the Caspian.~
27 XIII | lowest layers. She was about three thousand feet above the
28 XIII | of the waves. In two or three seconds the deck would be
29 XIV | territory at a mean height of three thousand feet.~There was
30 XV | enough displayed with its three distinct quarters, the ancient
31 XV | included the whole triangle of three or four miles in circumference;
32 XV | being contained within three hundred and sixty leagues
33 XV | his son had dispatched three thousand, and Bou-Nadi could
34 XV | her till she was within three hundred feet of the ground,
35 XVI | the sun was setting about three o’clock in the afternoon,
36 XVII | sink towards the sea. At three hundred yards from it the
37 XVIII| speed of that was more than three hundred miles an hour.~The “
38 XVIII| accomplishing four thousand three hundred and fifty miles
39 XVIII| nineteen hours, or about three miles a minute, a speed
40 XIX | circumstances she would be there in three or four days.~Hence Robur’
41 XIX | explosion will take place about three or four o’clock in the morning.”~“
42 XIX | five minutes, or a yard in three hours. The match was tried
43 XIX | finish it would take another three hours. After some conversation
44 XX | rose obliquely to nearly three thousand feet. It was necessary
45 XX | fact, the safety of the three fugitives was by no means
46 XX | be there about half-past three.”~“All the better. It would
47 XXI | they were accustomed to.~Three, four, five, six days passed.
48 XXI | give a clue to the missing three. The most minute search
49 XXI | whoever would give news of the three absentees, and even to those
50 XXI | get back to the island for three or four hours if his screws
51 XXI | the rifle bullet, and the three made their way up from the
52 XXI | sitting of the 12th of June. Three months and a half had gone,
53 XXII | extraordinary men?~Why two and not three? Why not Frycollin? Because
54 XXIII| she made a new leap of three thousand feet; she was now
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