The conquest of the air; the romance of aerial navigation (1902)
Alexander, John · New York, A. Wessels company · leaf 142
E BEEDLE AIRSHIP. 139 There is yet another British airship to be noted,the invention of Mr. William Beedle, of Cape Town.It appears that Mr. Beedle is a resident of CapeTown, and an engineer who has been seven years inperfecting his machine. He claims to have reachedthe high-water mark in aerial… … BEEDLE S MACHINE. suspended from a cylindrical balloon, holding 18,000feet of hydrogen. The length of the balloon is100 feet, and the diameter sixteen feet. The untear-able balloon skin is attached to the inside of sixaluminium hoops, which are so placed as to renderthe balloon collapsible and…
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