Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 48
ut a descent into a river, a lake, or an ocean isone of the greatest dangers that a balloonist canexpect. As I have before said, there has beenno way devised by which a balloon may be madeto move in any desired direction. Consequentlywhen one comes down over the water the aeronautgenerally… … SOMETIMES DIPPING THE CAR INTO THE WAVES. to come down in one. It is seldom possible for may often be successful, but when the balloon is the aeronaut to know exactly, or to regulate just being carried out to sea, it generally comes down as he would wish, the rapidity of its descent. Ex- into the…
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