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 37
to balloons of the hot-air type, and the danger of fire was great,both before and after the start. Fire-extinguishing contrivanceswere always at hand during the filling operations, and notwith-standing this, more than one balloon was completely destroyedby the flames. On landing there was always… … Fig. 9.—A successful landing. this type of balloon out of the question. It was further impos-sible to carry any large amount of combustible on the journey,and this limited the distance that could be travelled. Themethod originally used by Montgolfier of burning a mixture ofstraw and wool was found…
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