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 102
paid much attention to the DIBIGIBLE BALLOONS FBOM 1898 TO 1906. 81 progress of the work, and thought it desirable to find out how farsuch a balloon could be adapted to military purposes. He there-fore appointed a commission for this purpose, which consisted ofColonel Bouttiaux, who commanded the… … Fig. 42.—Lebaudys dirigible balloon. taken to Toul and Verdun. The balloon was to remain in activeservice for three months, and always to be anchored in the open.Certain erections were made for the purpose of anchoring it, butthey were not very successful in actual working. On July 3rd at 3.45…
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