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 350
ch an even balancethat one could push the whole mass up or downwith one hand. A few hundred weight of sandbags were thrown off, the hundred men pulledenough upon their lines to compensate the up-ward thrust of this buoyancy, and as the crewsof men walked forward at the word of commandthe huge ship… … THE START 281 her great size, her graceful proportions. Asmall boy cried out: My, just see how big andlong she is! In a few moments the lifeboat had beenhooked to the steel car—the shackles and fasten-ers were all ready. One by one we of the crewbade good-bye to families and friends; no tearswere…
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