Chanute, Octave, 1832-1910 · New York, The Railroad and engineering journal · leaf 15
prac- IO tice is not to be commended. So Giffard went up with alighted steam furnace under a gas bag open to the airthrough its lower valve and he came down safely notonce only, but twice ; and yet other aeronauts believe thepractice so dangerous that not one thus far has repeatedthe experiment.… … Government decided in October upon building a navigableballoon, to restore communications, and entrusted itsconstruction to M. Dupuy de Lome, Chief Naval Construct-or, to whose skill was largely due the success of the earlierarmored ships of France. He went most carefully into thequestions of…
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