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 173
al dearth of all suitableappliances. These things were taken into account in organisingthe arrangements subsequently, and in 1874 the Commissiondes communications aeriennes was formed. Colonel Laussedatpresided over its deliberations, and was well acquainted with allthe technical requirements of… … Fig-. 92.—Old method of generating hydrogen. engaged on their duties in a balloon, built by Tissandier, whichfelFfrom a height of 750 ft. in consequence of a defective valve.Laussedat, Mangin, and Renard escaped with broken legs, whiletheremainder of the eight passengers had more or less…
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