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" The deafening peal of thunder, the sudden immersion in gloom, and the clash of reverberated sounds in confined space, combine to produce a momentary shudder or idea of destruction — a thrill of annihilation, which is instantly dispelled on emerging... "
Railroads, Their Origin and Problems - Page 35
by Charles Francis Adams - 1886 - 230 pages
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Iron: An Illustrated Weekly Journal for Iron and Steel ..., Volume 25

Perry Fairfax Nursey - Industrial arts - 1836 - 502 pages
...wrote a tour, and included the railroad in that tour, and this was the expression that I made use of: " The deafening peal of thunder, the sudden immersion...in gloom, and the clash of reverberated sounds in a confined space, combined to produce a momentary shudder or idea of destruction, a thrill of annihilation,"...
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The Mechanics' Magazine, Museum, Register, Journal, and Gazette, Volume 25

Industrial arts - 1836 - 498 pages
...wrote a tour, and included the railroad in that tour, and this was the expression that I made use of: " The deafening peal of thunder, the sudden immersion...in gloom, and the clash of reverberated sounds in a confined space, combined to produce a momentary shudder or idea of destruction, a thrill of annihilation,"...
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Journal of the Franklin Institute of the State of Pennsylvania for the ...

Meteorology - 1837 - 970 pages
...passing through tunnels of six or nine hundred yards. Dr. Johnson in describing the impressions, said — "The deafening peal of thunder, the sudden immersion...in gloom, and the clash of reverberated sounds in a confined space, combined to produce a momentary shudder or idea of destruction, a thrill of annihilation,"...
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The History of Drogheda: With Its Environs, and an Introductory ..., Volume 1

John D'Alton - Drogheda (Ireland) - 1844 - 436 pages
...painter, the philosopher, or the divine ; the transits of the train through the tunnels or arches are electrifying, the deafening peal of thunder, the sudden...the cheerful light. The meetings or crossings of the steamtrains flying in opposite directions, are scarcely less agitating to the nerves, than the transit...
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A History of the English Railway: Its Social Relations and ..., Volume 1

John Francis (of the Bank of England.) - Railroads - 1851 - 332 pages
..." The deafening peal of thunder," said another medical man, more poetically than professionally, " the sudden immersion in gloom, and the clash of reverberated sounds in a confined space, combine to produce a momentary shudder, or idea of destruction, a thrill of annihilation."...
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Extra work of a London pastor (lects. and papers).

Samuel Martin - 1863 - 352 pages
...people to colds, catarrhs, and consumption. " The deafening peal of thunder," said another medical man, "the sudden immersion in gloom, and the clash of reverberated sounds in a confined space, combine to produce a momentary shudder, or idea of destruction, a thrill of annihilation."...
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Railways in Their Medical Aspects, Issue 69

James Ogden Fletcher - Occupational diseases - 1867 - 200 pages
...the imagination, the tunnel remained a standing objection. On sanitary grounds it was said that, ' the sudden immersion in gloom and the clash of reverberated sounds in a confined space, combined to produce a momentary shudder, or idea of destruction, a thrill of annihilation.'...
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A Treatise on Explosive Compounds, Machine Rock Drills and Blasting

Henry Sturgis Drinker - Blasting - 1883 - 444 pages
...had published some two years previously, as describing his own feelings on his first experience : " The deafening peal of thunder, the sudden immersion...in gloom, and the clash of reverberated sounds in a confined space, combined to produce a momentary shudder, or idea of destruction, a thrill of annihilation."...
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Railway Adventures and Anecdotes: Extending Over More Than Fifty Years

Richard Pike - Railroads - 1884 - 304 pages
...painter, the philosopher, or the divine. The projections or transits of the train through the tunnels or arches are very electrifying. The deafening peal of...combine to produce a momentary shudder or idea of destruction—a thrill of annihilation, which is instantly dispelled on emerging into the cheerful...
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The Railways of England...

William Mitchell Acworth - Railroads - 1889 - 524 pages
...lights to reassure the British public. "The deafening peal of thunder," said one medical authority, " the sudden immersion in gloom, and the clash of reverberated sounds in a confined space, combine to produce a momentary shudder, or idea of destruction, a thrill of annihilation."...
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