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Journey to the Center of the Earth - Verne trnsl by G&F - 44 chptrs

Hans, who was a man who never forgot even the minutest precautions, had added to our baggage a large skin full of water, as an addition to our gourds.
Chpt 11 (definition 1)

minutest = smallest

Ever since we had taken our departure from the newly named Port Gretchen, my worthy uncle had directed me to keep a regular log of our day's navigation, with instructions to put down even the most minute particulars, every interesting and curious phenomenon, the direction of the wind, our rate of sailing, the distance we went; in a word, every incident of our extraordinary voyage.
Chpt 29 (definition 1)

minute = minor

They had in past ages belonged to those gigantic Glyptodons of the Pliocene period, of which the modern turtle is but a minute specimen.
Chpt 34 (definition 1) *

minute = small

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Out of politeness I waited three minutes, but no sign of my uncle, the Professor.†
Chpt 1 (definition 2)

She listened with awe, and for some minutes she could not speak.†
Chpt 4 (definition 2)

In twenty minutes from the moment of our departure we were in Holstein, and our carriage entered the station.†
Chpt 5 (definition 2)

A few minutes afterwards, the schooner started before the wind, under all the canvas she could carry, and entered the channel.†
Chpt 6 (definition 2)

I followed, and in a few minutes we stood upon the soil of mysterious Iceland!†
Chpt 6 (definition 2)

For a minute or two he hesitated, as if unwilling to speak; to speak openly was, perhaps, to unveil his projects.†
Chpt 7 (definition 2)

When we were quite ready, our watches indicated thirteen minutes past one!†
Chpt 13 (definition 2)

I had not as yet ventured to take a glimpse down the horrible abyss into which in a few minutes more I was about to plunge.†
Chpt 14 (definition 2)

However, few as the minutes were during which I gazed down this tremendous and even wondrous shaft, I had a sufficient glimpse of it to give me some idea of its physical conformation.†
Chpt 14 (definition 2)

When I looked upwards, however, I could see that the upper orifice was every minute decreasing in size.†
Chpt 14 (definition 2)

Presently, after lying quietly for some minutes, I opened my eyes and looked upwards.†
Chpt 14 (definition 2)

This went on until seventeen minutes past twelve, the precise instant at which we rejoined Hans, who, having been somewhat in advance, had suddenly stopped.†
Chpt 16 (definition 2)

Twenty minutes later we suddenly came upon a vast excavation.†
Chpt 17 (definition 2)

In this way some minutes passed.†
Chpt 25 (definition 2)

So natural did it seem, that every minute my imagination induced me to expect a vessel coming out under all sail and making for the open sea under the influence of a warm southerly breeze.†
Chpt 27 (definition 2)

But the fantastic illusion never lasted more than a minute.†
Chpt 27 (definition 2)

Yes, with a western declination[2] of nineteen degrees, forty-two minutes, just as it is above.†
Chpt 28 (definition 2)

A few minutes more and I was beside him.†
Chpt 28 (definition 2)

Several minutes elapsed before anything was again seen.†
Chpt 30 (definition 2)

And seizing his telescope, he looked at it with great attention for about a minute, which to me appeared an age.†
Chpt 31 (definition 2)

"Let us go on shore," said the Professor, after some minutes of silence.†
Chpt 31 (definition 2)

I stood still, however, for some minutes, gazing upon the magnificent geyser.†
Chpt 31 (definition 2)

"Then," said I, after calculating for some for some minutes, "if your previsions are right, we are at this moment exactly under the Mediterranean itself."†
Chpt 33 (definition 2)

I was allowed to go on without interruption for about ten minutes.†
Chpt 34 (definition 2)

My uncle stood for some minutes with his arms raised on high towards the thick granite vault which served us for a sky.†
Chpt 34 (definition 2)

After some minutes of silence, the man was vanquished by the Professor.†
Chpt 35 (definition 2)

The slow match we calculated to burn for about ten minutes, more or less, before it reached the chamber in which the great body of powder was confined.†
Chpt 39 (definition 2)

"Only five minutes more," he said in a low tone, "only four, only three."†
Chpt 39 (definition 2)

My pulse went a hundred to the minute.†
Chpt 39 (definition 2)

But next minute, with a wild cry, I darted away into the interior of the cave, leaving my unhappy comrades to their fate!†
Chpt 40 (definition 2)

As far as I can judge, we are ascending at the rate of two fathoms a second, of a hundred and twenty fathoms a minute, or rather more than three and a half leagues an hour.†
Chpt 40 (definition 2)

In ten minutes more I was in my uncle's arms, after being two days and nights in that horrible prison.†
Chpt 41 (definition 2)

It took some minutes for myself and my uncle to form a decided opinion on the subject.†
Chpt 41 (definition 2)

He felt along the vertical sides of the shaft with his hand, and some few minutes later, he would go on again in the following style: "This is gneiss.†
Chpt 42 (definition 2)

It has already endured five minutes, and before we are many minutes older we shall be continuing our journey to the mouth of the crater.†
Chpt 42 (definition 2)

It has already endured five minutes, and before we are many minutes older we shall be continuing our journey to the mouth of the crater.†
Chpt 42 (definition 2)

Soon the raft resumed its motion, in a very rapid and disorderly way, which lasted two minutes or thereabout; and then again it stopped as suddenly as before.†
Chpt 42 (definition 2)

In ten minutes?†
Chpt 42 (definition 2) *

At the exact minute he had indicated, we were again launched on high with extreme rapidity.†
Chpt 42 (definition 2)

Definitions:

(1) (minute as in: minute size)
small, exceptionally small, or insignificant

(2) (meaning too common or rare to warrant focus)
Much more commonly, minute and minutes refer to a period of time lasting 60 seconds.

Less commonly, they refer to a measurement of angle where 60 minutes make up a single degree, and where a right angle has 90 degrees and a circle has 360 degrees.