Travels in space; a history of aerial navigation (1902)
Valentine, E. Seton, Tomlinson, F. L. · London Hurst and Blackett · leaf 102
capableof containing rather more than 85,000 cubic feet of gas,and under ordinary circumstances is competent toraise about 4,000 pounds, including its own weight andthat of its accessories, which alone may be reckoned atabout one-fourth. The car which appertains to this balloon is in properkeeping… … From a Drawing bij] AERIAL FLIGHT IX THE FUTURE. [GEORGE CRUIKSHAXK. A HISTORY OF AERIAL NAVIGATION. 85 ness a like number of inches, formed of two circles ofash, one within the other, forcibly bent by steam, andretained in their position as well as strengthened by atriple tier of cable which is…
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