Bacon, Gertrude, 1874-1949 · New York, Dodd, Mead & company; [etc., etc.] · leaf 17
ight it sailed upwards to a heightof 70 feet. The next step was to make amuch larger craft of 600 cubic feet capacityand spherical in shape, which they called a Balloon, because it was in appearance likea large, round, short-necked vessel used inchemistry which was technically known bythat name.… … Montgolfieks Balloon. THE ORIGIN OF BALLOONING 19 cessful trials the brothers thought that thetime had come to make known their .newinvention. Accordingly they constructed agreat balloon of 35 feet in diameter, andissued invitations to the public to come andsee the inflation. This was successfully…
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