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 154
26thGeneral Morelot went up in the balloon with Captain Coutellebefore the beginning- of the battle; they rose to a height of1,800 ft., and in consequence of the clearness of the atmospherethey were able to report to General Jourdan as to all the move-ments of the enemy. The Austrians tried to… … FlG. 85.—Helping to land a balloon. wing of the army, and to lead the way by means of signals. Thebattle was finally won, and the generals expressed themselves asthoroughly satisfied with the work of the balloonists, to whoseefforts the result of the day was largely due. The Austrians, on the other…
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