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 283
nd other well-knownmeteorologists. 262 AIESHIPS PAST AND PEE SENT. The greatest height reached by a balloon with recordinginstruments was 85,000 ft.; and this took place at Strassburgon August 3rd, 1905. The highest ascent with a kite was madefrom Lindenberg on November 25th, 1905, when an altitude… … Fig. 164.—Curves given by recording instruments. elapse before ascents will be made over the surface of the Schar-miitzelsee, and it will therefore be well to consider what hasalready been done by way of carrying out observations above thesurface of lakes and seas. The greater part of the earths…
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