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 458
]M. Sammisand the operator, J. II. Irwin. In the Electrical World of September 8, 1910,jMr. Sammis thus described the apparatus: The dirigible balloon America, with WalterWelhnan as pilot, that is to attempt the re-markable feat of crossing the Atlantic Oceanduring the month of September, is being… … THE WIRELESS APPARATUS 369 ation, perhaps a few words descriptive of thedirigible itself may be helpful. The huge cigar-shaped envelope is 230 feetlong. It has been constructed from a speciallywoven fabric of rubber and silk, well adaptedfor containing the hydrogen gas without leakage.Suspended…
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