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 276
or thework of his observatory. It was due to the success of Botchswork that the kite has since been used almost everywhere for thepurpose of atmospheric observation. Teisserenc cle Bort hasfollowed Botchs example; he has made excellent arrangementsfor sending up kites and balloons at Trappes near… … FlG. 158.—A wicker workbasket with instrumentsfor a recording balloon. 256 AIRSHIPS PAST AND PRESENT. available surplus in the exchequer. Still kite ascents have beenregularly made for these purposes in Strassburg since 1896,Professor Assmann succeeded in erecting an observatory on alarge scale,…
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