| 1850 - Počet stránok 240
...can walk. The sloth is a large animal, and yet cannot travel fiftv paces in a day; an elk will run n mile and a half in seven minutes; an antelope a mile in a minute ; the wild mule of Tartary has a speed even greater than that. An eagle can fly 10 leagues in an hour, and a canary... | |
| 1852 - Počet stránok 542
...only five inches in fifty seconds ; but a ladybird can fly twenty million times its own length in less than an hour. An elk can run a mile and a half in...can fly eighteen leagues in an hour ; and a canary falpon can even reach 250 leagues in the short space of sixteen hours. A violent wind travels sixty... | |
| 1852 - Počet stránok 436
...five inches in fifty seconds ; but a lady-bird can fly twenty million times its own length in less than an hour. An elk can run a mile and a half in...minutes; an antelope a mile in a minute ; the wild mule of Tartary has a speed even greater than that; an eagle can fly eighteen leagues in an hour; and a... | |
| 1854 - Počet stránok 652
...crawls only five inches in 50 seconds ; but a lady-bird can fly 20,000,000 times its own length in less than an hour. An elk can run a mile and a half in seven minutes ; an antelope a mile in a minute ; tho wild mule of Tartary has я speed even greater than that! an eagle can fly 18 leagues in an hour;... | |
| Robert Kemp Philp - 1856 - Počet stránok 388
...only five inches in 50 seconds ; but a lady-bird can fly twenty million, times it own length in less than an hour. An Elk can run a mile and a half in 7 minutes ; an antelope, a mile in a minute ; the wild mule of Tartary has a speed even greater than... | |
| William C. Smith - 1860 - Počet stránok 376
...five inches in fifty seconds ; but a lady-bird can fly twenty million times its own length in less than an hour. An elk can run a mile and a half in...has a speed even greater than that. An eagle can fly ten leagues in an hour, and a canary falcon can even reach two hundred and fifty leagues in the short... | |
| 1867 - Počet stránok 798
...only five inches in 50 seconds ; but a lady-bird can fly twenty million times it own length in less than an hour. An Elk can run a mile and a half in 7 minutes ; an antelope, a mile in a minute ; the mid mule of Tartary has a speed even greater than... | |
| Robert Kemp Philp - 1867 - Počet stránok 392
...only five inches in 50 seconds ; but a lady-bird can fly twenty million times it own length in less than an hour. An Elk can run a mile and a half in 7 minutes ; an antelope, a mile in a minute ; the wild mule of Tartary has a speed even greater than... | |
| Adversaria - 1873 - Počet stránok 218
...fly twenty millions of times its own length in less than an hour. An elk can run a mile-and-a-half in seven minutes ; an antelope, a mile in a minute ; the wild mule of Tartary has a speed even greater than that ; an eagle can fly eighteen leagues in an hour ; and... | |
| 1882 - Počet stránok 202
...crawls only 5 inches in 50 seconds; but a lady-bird can fly twtnty million times its own length in less than an hour. An elk can run a mile and a half in 7 minutes; an antelope, a mile in i minute; the wild mule of Tarlary has a speed even greater than... | |
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