Ferris, Richard. [from old catalog] · New York, T. Nelson and sons · leaf 323
e journey50 miles further. Soon after reaching Verdun a severe gale tore the airship away from the regiment21 322 BALLOONS: THE DIRIGIBLE, of soldiers detailed to assist the anchors in holdingit down, and it disappeared into the clouds. It isknown to have passed over England, for parts of… … The Ville-de-Paris of M. de la Meurthe. bnilt by Surcouf for M. Henri Deutsch de laMenrthe, an eminent patron of aeronautic experi-ments. In size this airship was almost identical withthe lost ^ Patrie/ but it was quite different in ap-pearance. It did not have the flat framework at thebottom of…
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