Chanute, Octave, 1832-1910 · New York, The Railroad and engineering journal · leaf 19
in order to bring the propelling arrange-ments as near the center line of gravity as possible. The screw was placed on the car ; it was with two arms, and23 ft. in diameter. The power of the motor was ascer-tained by experiment in the shop to amount to 9 H. P.,and speeds of 17 to 20 miles per hour… … Fig. 4. miles from the shed, and returned to its original starting-point, having proved perfectly manageable, and attained aspeed of 10J miles per hour. This was the first time thata navigable balloon had returned to its landing, and theexperiment attracted great attention, an account of it be-ing,…
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