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 286
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,… … Fig-. 166.—Kite ascents on the Prince of Monacos yacht inthe Mediterranean. reached an altitude of 29,000 ft., where the thermometer regis-tered 2° F. The sensations they experienced have been welldescribed by Glaisher in the following words:— Up to this moment I had been able to take my…
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