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 78
le thing tilted over withthe longer axis in a vertical position, and came with a crashto the ground. The occupants luckily escaped without injury.Baumgarten subsequently died, and Wolfert proceeded withthe work alone. Successful experiments were said to havebeen made, and finally it was arranged to… … 58 AIRSHIPS PAST AND PRESENT. main body of the balloon, a slight report was heard, and thewhole thing fell to the ground, where it was entirely destroyedby the names before it was possible to rescue Wolfert and hiscompanion. The disaster was caused by the fact that no suitableprecautions were taken…
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