The conquest of the air; the romance of aerial navigation (1902)
Alexander, John · New York, A. Wessels company · leaf 138
n, of very ingenious construction,with which he had some measure of success. But SIR iitra:^! maxims aero-planes. 135 the only instance of a balloon being steered, previousto the most recent achievements, was Comm.andantRenards balloon, in which, as we have mentioned,Gambetta escaped from… … M. delamarnes aerial sailixg-bai loon, lesperance, at CREMORNE, AUGUST, 1865. Hiram Maxims flying-m.achine (see frontispiece),which exists here in London to-day, and from whichgreat things are expected. As we have heard. SirHirams airship belongs to the heavier-than-airvariety, and is thus totally…
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