| Benjamin Franklin - 1840 - 640 pages
...water, as that the whole of the body taken together is too light to sink wholly under water, but some part will remain above, until the lungs become filled...water, which happens from drawing water into them instead of air, when a person in the fright attempts breathing while the mouth and nostrils are under... | |
| Amusements - 1844 - 480 pages
...water, that the whole body, taken all together, is too light to sink wholly under water ; but some part will remain above until the lungs become filled...water, which happens from drawing water into them instead of air, when a person in a fright attempts breathing while the mouth and nostrils are under... | |
| 1844 - 836 pages
...water, as that the whole of the body taken together is too light to sink wholly under water, but some part will remain above, until the lungs become filled...water, which happens from drawing water into them instead of air, when a person in the fright attempts breathing while the mouth and nostrils are under... | |
| Children's literature - 1850 - 484 pages
...the water, that the whole body, taken altogether, is too light to sink wholly under water; but some part will remain above until the lungs become filled...water, which happens from drawing water into them instead of air, when a person in a fright attempts breathing while the mouth and nostrils are under... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - Inventors - 1853 - 522 pages
...water as that the whole of the bod}' taken together is too light to sink wholly under water, but some part will remain above, until the lungs become filled...water, which happens from drawing water into them instead of air, when a person in the fright attempts breathing while the mouth and nostrils are under... | |
| Robert Kemp Philp - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1856 - 372 pages
...as that the whole of the body, taken altogether, is too light to sink wholly under water, but some part will remain above, until the lungs become filled with water, which happens from drawing water to them instead of air, when a person, in the fright, attempts breathing, while the mouth and nostrils... | |
| Martin Doyle, William Hickey - 1857 - 202 pages
...much lighter than water, as that the entire body taken together is too light to sink wholly, bu'i some part will remain above until the lungs become filled with water, which happens from drawing it into them instead of air when a person in fright attempts breathing while the mouth and nostrils... | |
| Robert Kemp Philp - Cooking - 1858 - 454 pages
...as that the whole of the body, taken altogether, is too light to sink wholly under water, but some part will remain above, until the lungs become filled with water, which happens from drawing water to them instead of air, when a person, in the fright, attempts breathing, while the mouth and nostrils... | |
| Handbooks, vade-mecums, etc - 1869 - 430 pages
...water, so the wliole of the body, taken altogether, is too light to sink wholly under water, but some part will remain above until the lungs become filled with water, which happens from drawing water to them instead of air, when a person, in the fright, attempts breathing while the mouth and nostrils... | |
| Almanacs - 1870 - 956 pages
...as that the whole of the body, taken altogether, is too light to sink wholly under water ; but some part will remain above until the lungs become filled with water, which happens from drawing water to them instead of air when a person in the fright attempts breathing while the mouth and nostrils... | |
| |