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 180
n experimental station for captive balloons, to be used forartillery purposes. They had the assistance of a professionalaeronaut, named Opitz, and settled down to work at the EasternRailway Station in Berlin, which was placed at their disposal.In this way they had a large hall as a kind of… … FiGr. 97.—Waggon carrying tools and appliances,the balloon being packed on the top. (From Die Geschichte der Luftschiffer-Abteilung.) ing, and arrange-ments were thereforemade to have theuse of a balloon forthis purpose. Thiswas done by agree-ment with a profes-sional aeronaut whomade ascents…
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