Elementary treatise on physics experimental and applied for the use of colleges and schools (1890)
Ganot, A. (Adolphe), 1804-1887, Atkinson, E. (Edmund) · New York : W. Wood · leaf 193
metric height they attained was 7 inches, which would correspondto an elevation of from 36,000 to 37,000 feet. 197. Construction and manag-ement of balloons.—A balloon (fig. 174)is made of long bands of silk sewed together and covered with caoutchoucvarnish, which renders it airtight. At the top… … -197] Construction and Management of Balloons. 175 A balloon of the ordinary dimensions, which can carry three persons, isabout 16 yards high, 12 yards in diameter, and its volume, when it is quitefull, is about 680 cubic yards. The bal-loon itself weighs 200 pounds ; the ac-cessories, such as the…
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