 About 30 or 40 seconds after this, three loud and distinct reports, like those of a four-pounder, near at hand, were heard. They succeeded each other with as much rapidity as was consistent with distinctness, and, altogether, did not occupy three seconds.  Memoir of Nathaniel Bowditch - Seite 111von Henry Ingersoll Bowditch - 1841 - 158 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | William Nicholson - 1810 - 844 Seiten
...peararice and total extinction was estimated at about 30 " seconds. About 30 or 40 seconds after this, three loud " and distinct reports, like those of a...body was in rising, and died away apparently in the di«' rection from which the meteor came." — Mr. Staples observed, " that when the meteor disappeared,... | |
 | David Phineas Adams, William Emerson, Samuel Cooper Thacher - 1808 - 708 Seiten
...or, to a volley of musquetry, protracted into what is called, in military language, a running fire. This noise continued about as long as the body was...apparently in the direction from which the meteor came. The accounts of others corresponded substantially with this. Time was differently estimated by different... | |
 | 1808 - 544 Seiten
...appearance and total extinction, was estimated at about 30 seconds. About 30 or 40 seconds after this, three loud and distinct reports, like those of a four-pounder, near at hand, were heard. They succeeded each other with as much rapidity as was consistent with distinctness, and, all together,... | |
 | Samuel Cooper Thacher, David Phineas Adams, William Emerson - 1808 - 710 Seiten
...appearance and total extinction, was estimated at about SO seconds. About 30 or 40 seconds after this, three loud and distinct reports, like those of a four-pounder, near at hand, were heard. They succeeded each other with as much rapidity, as was consistent with distinctness, and, all together,... | |
 | American Philosophical Society - 1809 - 532 Seiten
...appearance and total extinction was estimated -at about 30 -seconds. About 30 or 40 seconds after, three loud and distinct reports like those of a four-pounder near at hand, were heard. They succeeded each other with as much rapidity as was consistent with distinctness, and, all together,... | |
 | Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences - 1810 - 458 Seiten
...appearance and total extinction, was estimated at about 30 seconds. About 30 or 40 seconds after this, three loud and distinct reports, like those of a four-pounder, near at hand, were heard. They succeeded each other with as much rapidity as was consistent with distinctness, and, altogether,... | |
 | 1812 - 394 Seiten
...three loud and distinct reports, like those of a four-pounder near at hand, were heard. This noist; continued about as long as the body was in rising,...apparently in the direction from which the meteor came. When the meteor disappeared, there were three successive effor:s or leaps of the fire-ball, which grew... | |
 | 1812 - 696 Seiten
...appearance and total extinction, was estimated at about 30 seconds. About 30 or 40 seconds after this, three loud and distinct reports, like those of a four-pounder near at hand, were heard. This noise continued about as long as the body was in rising, and died away apparently in the direction... | |
 | 1813 - 670 Seiten
...appearance and total extinction, was estimated at about 30 seconds. ' About 30 or 40 seconds after this, three loud and distinct reports, like those of a four-pounder, near at hand, were heard. They succeeded each other with as much rapidity as was consistent with distinctness, and, altogether,... | |
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