The conquest of the air; the romance of aerial navigation (1902)
Alexander, John · New York, A. Wessels company · leaf 84
s.The two small pieces for the peaks, requiring morestrength, had to be doubled. The next process wasthe stitching by sewing-machine, executed by expertwomen who had to regulate to a nicety the tensionof the stitches, a most important item to secure theproper stretching of the silk bag. The zones… … santos-dumunts airship on the ground. 82 THE CONQUEST OF THE AIR. round had then to be slipped on a kind of wicker-work inanneqidn and raised out of the way, Hke achandelier to the ceiling, to let dry. Once morethe detached sections of the silk were taken backto the machinists to be sewn definitely…
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