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 45
gas shall not be able to escape throughthe substance composing the walls. This is due to a property ofgases called diffusion, of which mention will be made hereafter. 24 AIESHIPS PAST AND PEE SENT. Charles balloons, which were called the Charliere, the Charlotte, and the Kobertine, had been… … Fig. 13.—The Boziere, constructed by Pilatie de Eozier. in this way he proposed to do honour to all the inventorssimultaneously. The balloons, called Bozieres, which were made by Pilatre deEozier, were even less successful than those of the hot air type.Eozier was anxious to have the distinction of…
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