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 135
ns of a Mont-goljiere, and then to cut it adrift. On July 19th, 1905, after aseries of successful experiments, one of the sails broke after themachine had started from the balloon. The apparatus felldirectly to the ground and the driver was killed on the spot. Mention must also be made of the work… … ^M Fig. 6G.—Langleys flying machine on the Potomac. (From the Illustrierte Aeronautische Mitteilungen.) fashion of a Hargrave kite in Surcoufs balloon factory. At thefront there were two sails, 33 ft. by 6 ft. 6 in., and at the backtwo other sails with an area of 220 square feet; the rudder, withan…
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