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 285
hing onwhich they could lay hands, including instruments, clothing,lamps, propellers, ropes, etc. The balloon at once rose to a greatheight, reaching a higher level than that from which it hadpreviously fallen. Breathing became very difficult; one becameseasick, another had bleeding at the nose,… … Fig. 165.—A. Laurence Kotch. SCIENTIFIC BALLOONING. 265 drowning. Several of Zambeccaris fingers were so frostbittenthat they had to be cut off. Glaisher and Coxwell made a remarkable ascent in Sep-tember, 1862. The balloon had so much lift that at the endof 18 minutes it wTas 10,500 ft. high,…
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