The Bookshelf for boys and girls Book of Wonders and Curious Things (1912)
University Society, New York · New York: University Society · leaf 176
and he flew the same vessel loadedwith ballast even higher. When this second air-ship was smashed, Le Bris gave up, for he was apoor man and could not afford another. These flights were against the wind, and provedthat surfaces curved in a certain way were drawnforward into the winds eye, as… … AN IMAGINARY AIR-SHIP OF THE BALLOON TYPE. Le Bris kept the front edges of the wings bentdownward; but soon the horse began to trot, LeBris raised the front of the wings, and behold!up went the boat until (so he said) it was higherthan the church steeples, and floating alongagainst the wind. But…
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