Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 373
ball in a black sky. All aroundthe stars would twinkle, and below would be theglare of light reflected from the earths surfaceand its atmosphere, while the cold would be farmore intense than anything suffered on earth.Up at that height, there would be nothing to in-dicate that the shell was… … COMPARATI\E DIAGRAM UK THE PATH OF A PROJECTILE FROM ONE OF THE GERMAN SUPER-GUNS. the air is so thin that it gives no support to thewings of the machine. The greatest height towhich a man has ever ascended is seven miles.A balloon once carried two men to such a height.One of them lost…
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