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 194
MILITARY BALLOONING IN OTHER COUNTRIES. 173 Lieutenant von Rosen was attached for several months to thecorps stationed at Berlin. A balloon-ship was introduced in theSwedish Navj in 1903, intended for purposes of coast defence.It carried a German kite-balloon of a capacity of 25,000 cubicfeet,… … Fig. 103.—A balloon ready for inflation. orders were given in Germany for further requirements. Serviahas used balloons since 1888 for signalling purposes, and haslately proposed to introduce them for reconnoitring work. Spain has also been very actively engaged on the work. In1884 it was proposed…
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