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 235
he thinks there is nodanger in making a descent on the water. His water-anchorproduces such a braking action that in case of need theaccompanying steamship could easily overtake him. Othershave talked about crossing the Atlantic ; but schemes of this kindare too much in the air to be worth serious… … Fig. 134.—Deviator offering the maximum resistance.(From Die Umschau.) But such trips have no real value, and the risk of coming intothe water is too great to justify them in most cases, though anexception may certainly be made if there is some distinctscientific object in view. Two soldiers…
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