Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · New York : Scribner · leaf 47
•sometimes nlilINti 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… … arc not rescued by some passing boat orvessel, they are ahiiost certain to bedrowned. In cases such as these, theballoons are often blown for a long dis-tance over the surface of the ocean, some-times dipping the car into the waves,then, perhaps, rising a little and sailingfor a short distance…
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