The conquest of the air; the romance of aerial navigation (1902)
Alexander, John · New York, A. Wessels company · leaf 136
day knows that such a thing wouldbe impossible, and instead of having ascensionalqualities, globes of this kind would be certain tocollapse from pressure of the outside air. Blanchard, who was the first to cross the channelin a balloon, claimed, in 1784, to have guided his 132 SOME FAMOUS FAILURES.… … A NAVIGABLE AIRSHIP OF FIFTY-EIGHT YEARS AGO ! THE FIRSTSTEAM CARRIAGE OF THE AERIAL TRANSIT COMPANY. ship ; but it w^as a failure. In the same year acompany was actailly formed under the name of The Aerial Transit Company to do business incarrying goods and passengers on navigable…
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