That's one of my favorite stories by Ambrose Bierce! I think the time elapsed was about 30-45 seconds, the time it took the Southern plantation owner to die and suffocate of a snapped neck. The last pictures on his brain were those of his life passing before his very eyes. His home, his graceful wife, his loyal retainers, etc. A wonderfully-written short example of the the classic "flash-back" story, wherein the end and the beginning are pretty much the same, with explanation of the circumstances in between.
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is the time that elapses between issuing replenishment order and receiving the material in stores.
The amount of time that elapses between each of the four principal phases of the moon is 29.5 days. The phases are roughly equal to each other.
The time that elapses between 4 am and 8 pm is 16 hours.
Around 9 months.
a wash
Elapses
It has passed or gone by.
latent period
10 minutes + 14 minutes = 24 minutes = 40% of an hour
8 years
It isn't specifically stated but most assume that it is only a matter of a few minutes from beginning to end.