FREE BOOKS

Author's List




PREV.   NEXT  
|<   4   5   6   7   8   9   10   11   12   13   14   15   16   17   18   19   20   21   22   23   24   25   26   27   28  
29   30   31   32   33   34   35   36   37   38   39   40   41   42   43   44   45   46   47   48   49   50   51   52   53   >>   >|  
rn of Angel with a rusted modern gun. Iron or steel guns. Powder as a factor in making weapons. IX. MAKING ELECTRICITY Their present condition. What they had accomplished. Working for love. Contemplating the hoard in the cave. Selfishness at the bottom of the pirates' lives. Gathering sugar cane. Honey, and its uses in ancient times. Beets and various tubers. Fattening properties. Nitrogenous matter. The load of cane. Making a sugar mill. Lime in sugar-cane juice. Clarifying sugar. A candy pulling. Granulating sugar. The earth as a magnet. Electricity. Positive and negative. Magnetic poles. Likes and unlikes. Making a magnet. Retaining magnetism in a bar. X. STARTING ON THE VOYAGE TO THE WEST A barometer. Air pressure. A compass. The atmosphere. Dry weather. Observing weather conditions. Providing compartments in the boat for provisions. Bedding. Water supply. Faith. Preparing a tablet for the Cataract. A terrific storm. A delayed departure. How delays have often proved valuable to investigators. Starting the voyage to the west. Striking a course. Observations on speed. Going with the wind. Tacking. Angles of incidence. The action of air on a surface. Determining the pressure of air by its velocity. Flying machines. Time and speed in a vessel. Qualities necessary in a sailor. XI. A TERRIBLE VOYAGE AND THE SHIPWRECK The shadows of night. Recalling memories of their shipwreck. The charting board. Cardinal points of the compass. How direction traveled is laid out on the chart. Measurement by angles. A weary night. The watches. The wind changing. The second day. Cliffs beyond. Sailing against the wind. Rounding the northern point. The fourth day. The increasing gale. Night. The lights to the south. The gale turning to a storm. Driven back. A night without sleep. An appalling monsoon. Springing a leak. The Professor exhausted. Danger ahead. The cliffs. A maelstrom in sight. Averting the danger. Recovery of the Professor. Steering for shore. Striking the beach. The vessel shattered. Stranded miles from home. Taking up the march. Putting an inscription on the boat. Nearing home. XII. THE RETURN TRIP. THE ORANG-OUTANS The blackened fire space. Discovery of their own camp in the forest. An adventure in the woods. A huge bear. George's shot.
PREV.   NEXT  
|<   4   5   6   7   8   9   10   11   12   13   14   15   16   17   18   19   20   21   22   23   24   25   26   27   28  
29   30   31   32   33   34   35   36   37   38   39   40   41   42   43   44   45   46   47   48   49   50   51   52   53   >>   >|  



Top keywords:

Making

 

compass

 

pressure

 

magnet

 
weather
 

VOYAGE

 

Professor

 

Striking

 

vessel

 

angles


Measurement

 

Sailing

 

Rounding

 
Cliffs
 
watches
 
changing
 

charting

 

sailor

 

TERRIBLE

 

Qualities


Determining

 

velocity

 

Flying

 
machines
 

SHIPWRECK

 

shadows

 
direction
 
points
 

traveled

 
Cardinal

Recalling
 

memories

 
shipwreck
 

northern

 
Nearing
 

RETURN

 

OUTANS

 
inscription
 

Taking

 

Putting


blackened

 
George
 

adventure

 

Discovery

 
forest
 

Stranded

 

surface

 

appalling

 
Springing
 

monsoon