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 150
areused to which lead plates are attached; they are allowed toslide down the telephone cable, because the connecting rope istoo far from the basket. The committee was so well satisfiedwith the performance of LEntreprenant, as the balloon wascalled, that Coutelle was appointed a captain, with… … Fig. 82.—Methods of transporting a captiveballoon. On the left is shown a means ofprotecting the balloon from the wind. 130 AIESHIPS PAST AND PRESENT. existence on April 2nd, 1794, and consisted of a captain, alieutenant, a sub-lieutenant, a sergeant-major, 4 non-com-missioned officers, and 26 men,…
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