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 256
isgrinde was our landmark, and seemed BALLOONING AS A SPOKT. 235 to be in the same direction as before; we heard the same soundsfrom below, and concluded that we were still hovering over thetown. The balloonist is generally described as rushing furiouslythrough the air; but this was hardly the case… … Fig. 144.—Building a pontoon over the Spree. was therefore devoted to refreshment. Suddenly our leader saidvery decidedly that we must land. We looked at the barometer—it was just before 10 oclock—and saw that we were alreadydescending very rapidly. I couldnt understand it; nobody hadtouched the…
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