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 148
ed by theballoonist Lattemann, and used on her many descents byFraulein Kathe Paulus. They are rolled up, the one under theother, and hang from the balloon. The upper one opens as soonas the spring has been made, and the lower one comes intooperation as soon as the motion becomes steady. If a… … Fig. 81.—Fall of a parachute. that the journey has not always been a very smooth one. Acertain amount of grim determination is necessary for this kindof work, and the profession is never likely to be overcrowded. CHAPTER XII. THE DEVELOPMENT OF MILITAEY BALLOONING. Giroud de Villette made an ascent…
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