| 1823 - 508 Seiten
...little hesitation in any former period of my life of plunging into water even below 38° Fahrenheit ; but at this time I was reduced almost to skin and...narrow escape, I have omitted to mention, that, when hu was about to step into the water, he put his foot on a dagger, which cut him to the bone ; but this... | |
| 1823 - 584 Seiten
...health and vigour. During the whole of our march we experienced that no quantity of clothing would keep us warm whilst we fasted, but on those occasions...passed the night in a warm and comfortable manner.' — pp. 423-4. " On the morning of the first of October, the wind was strong, and the weather as unfavourable... | |
| 1823 - 474 Seiten
...vigour. During the whole of our march we experienced that no quantity of clothing would keep us'warm whilst we fasted, but on those occasions on which...passed the night in a warm and comfortable manner." — pp. 423-4. On the morning of the first of October, the wind was strong, and the weather as unfavourable... | |
| Herbert Mayo - 1838 - 360 Seiten
...During the whole of our march we experienced that no quantity of clothing could keep us warm, while we fasted ; but on those occasions, on which we were...passed the night in a warm and comfortable manner. " Our plentiful cheer (a remark occurring towards the close of their toils) gave such power of resisting... | |
| Jonathan Pereira - 1843 - 354 Seiten
...the years 1819 to 1822 D 424 London could keep us warm while we fasted, but on those occasions when we were enabled to go to bed with full stomachs, we...passed the night in a warm and comfortable manner." In tropical climates, and even in cooler regions during the summer, a smaller quantity of food suffices... | |
| Samuel Lytler Metcalfe - 1843 - 702 Seiten
...respiration, than nimal nourishment. 714 INFLUENCE OF CLIMATE ON THE us warm while we fasted ; but if enabled to go to bed with full stomachs, we passed the night in a warm and comfortable manner." (Journey to the Polar Sea, in 1819—22, p. 447.) We are also informed by Claridge, that at Graefenberg... | |
| 1846 - 486 Seiten
...and dying on more meagre diet." " No quantity of clothing," says sir J. Franklin, "kept us warm while we fasted; but on those occasions on which we were...passed the night in a warm and comfortable manner." In accordance with this view of the subject, venous blood is usually found of a darker colour, more loaded... | |
| Sir John Barrow - 1846 - 574 Seiten
...whole of our march we experienced that no quantity of clothing would keep us warm whilst we fashed ; but on those occasions on which we were enabled to...passed the night in a warm and comfortable manner.' Franklin adds, " In following the detail of our friend's narrow escape, I have omitted to mention,... | |
| Andrew Combe - 1849 - 222 Seiten
...During the whole of our march we experienced that no quantity of clothing could keep us warm while we fasted ; but on those occasions on which we were...passed the night in a warm and comfortable manner.''* Animal heat being generated by the combination of the carbon and hydrogen of the food with the oxygen... | |
| Eliza Cook - 1850 - 432 Seiten
...march," writes Sir John Franklin, " we experienced, that no quantity of clothing could keep us worm while we fasted, but, on those occasions, on which we were enabled to go to bed on a full stomach, we passed the night in a warm and comfortable manner." We are apt to express our... | |
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