The aerial age : a thousand miles by airship over the Atlantic Ocean; airship voyages over the Polar Sea, the past, the present and the future of aerial navigation (1911)
Wellman, Walter, 1858- · New York : A.R. Keller · leaf 340
2,700 Weight of tanks and cable 1,050 3,750 The total weight of material in the entireequipment as the airship started on her voyagewas: The ship and machinery, etc 17,500 Hydrogen in the balloon 2,150 Fuel, lubricant, provisions and fresh water 6.700 Crew and clothing 1,150 Equilibrator tanks and… … THE LOAD CARRIED 273 risk to life is apparent. How great this riskmust remain an unknown quantity till we haveput it to the test. Once well on our way, thedanger of fire or explosion will be ever presentin our minds. The combination of a ton of in-flammable hydrogen, nearly three tons of gaso-line,…
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