Airships past and present, together with chapters on the use of balloons in connection with meteorology, photography and the carrier pigeon (1908)
Hildebrandt, A. (Alfred), b. 1870, Story, W. H. tr · New York, D. Van Nostrand company · leaf 100
The car,which was only 10 ft. below the body, was more or less rigidly sup-ported by steel ropes about 02 in. in diameter. The 40 h.p. motormade 1,200 revolutions per minute, and consumed 31 lbs. ofbenzine per hour, the reservoir holding 48 gallons. At the frontof the car an acetylene lamp was… … Fig. 41.—Car of Lebaudys balloon. 80 AIRSHIPS PAST AND PRESENT. The first experimental run was made on August 4th. How-ever on the 28th of the month an accident happened. As thedescent was being made, the balloon dashed into a tree, and wascarried away by the wind, leaving its passengers behind.…
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