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 377
nd reached home after having lostthree or four of the pinions in each wing, owing to an accident of 352 AIKSHIPS PAST AND PKESENT. some sort. Florings pigeons also performed a feat on the occa-sion of a journey which took them to a distance of 25 miles fromBarmen. On landing, they were released and… … Fig. 221.—Haynau in Silesia. Taken from a height of 8.000 feet. pigeons between 1903 and 1906 may be summarised as follows.Out of 109 pigeons that were released, 103 returned safely ; of theremaining six, two were killed by accidents, and the remainingfour succumbed to the severe cold of winter.…
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