Ferris, Richard. [from old catalog] · New York, T. Nelson and sons · leaf 369
put himself and his balloonat the command of President Lincoln, and on June18, 1861, he sent to the President a telegram fromthe balloon—the first record of the kind in history. After the defeat at Manassas, on July 24, 1861,Professor Lowe made a free ascent, and discoveredthe true position of the… … A small captive military balloon fitted for observation. A cylinder of com-pressed hydrogen to replace leakage is seen at F. onnoitring before Yorktown. The balloons wereoperated under heavy artillery fire, but were notinjured. MILITARY AERONAUTICS, 369 On May 24th, for the first time in history, a…
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