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 178
n Tonkin.General Courbettooka detachment withhim under the com-mand of CaptainCuvelier, consistingof two officers, 13non - commissionedofficers, and 23 men.The appliances weredesigned with a viewto easy transport,and the gas was generated by heating granulated zinc withbisulphate of potash. The… … Fig. 9G. -Front and rear waggons of a modern gasequipment for use in the field. (From Die Geschielite der Luftschiffer-Abteilung.) 158 AIRSHIPS PAST AND PRESENT. been strengthened by the addition of some artillerymen andsome coolies, and that good work had been done. They wereparticularly useful in…
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