Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · New York : Scribner · leaf 62
and sand-bags were takenout of the basket, and the professor took a fewof the people, one by one, up with him in theballoon to a heiglit of about a hundred feet.This he could do without using additional gas,as the wind took the balloon up as if it were ahuge kite, and stout arms pulled it down… … ,\:> ilbAlJlLV DESCENUINO TOWARD THEM. pounds of iron, and the same amount of water.The cost of filling this balloon is about onehundred dollars. Professor Blank told Susie and Winnie abouthis two young daughters, and how many timesthey had ascended with him. But at last mama said that her…
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