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 206
e basket. The ring ofthe balloon is eithermade of steel or ofseveral thicknessesof wood ; the ropesfor supporting thebasket are securedto it, as well as theguide-rope and theholding-ropes. Thering itself is hungfrom the network,and the basket ishung by a numberof strong ropes fromthe ring. It… … Fig. 111.—The first ripping-panel used in a balloonin 1814. Valve yjj? Balloon envelope Ripping-panel. depends on the number ofpassengers it is intended toaccommodate. It is proposedby the International BalloonAssociation to fix the size ofcars, so that they can alwaysbe easily carried on…
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