Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 667
Y NATURE IN PLANTS AND ANIMALS Mans progress in the invasion of the realm ofthe birds is more than marvelous, but he is notalone in this competition. Compared with thehosts of tiny airships sent up by every field andmeadow, he is but a novice. Heavenward they go 1134 NATURE AND SCIENCE FOR YOUNG… … A VANISHING TRAIL OF THE NATURAL MEADOW BALLOONISTS. Showing among them a human aeronaut hanging from his parachute. chance, the last fledglings of the common dande-lion. These tiny, inanimate balloonists were vet-erans in the art long ere man existed, and wellmay he study some of their devices.…
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