Ferris, Richard. [from old catalog] · New York, T. Nelson and sons · leaf 312
engthened the whole, and there were two cars ofaluminum attached to the keel. Each car held a16 horse-power Daimler gasoline motor, operatingtwo four-bladed screw propellers which were rigidlyconnected with the frame of the ship a little belowthe level of its axis. A sliding weight was run toeither… … 312 BALLOONS: THE DIRIGIBLE, stance near Friedrichshafen. At the trial the air-ship was floated out on the lake, the car-boats restingon the water. Several accidents happened, so thatthough the ship got up into the air it could not bemanaged, and was brought down to the water againwithout injury.…
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