Travels in space; a history of aerial navigation (1902)
Valentine, E. Seton, Tomlinson, F. L. · London Hurst and Blackett · leaf 124
hed alengthy letter in the Alorniug Herald showing in themost conclusive manner that Cockings calculationswere faulty, and predicting failure. With regard, therefore, he wrote in conclusion, tothe employment of the parachute in question, or, indeed, A HISTORY OF AERIAL NAVIGATION, 10 = of any other… … COCKIXGS FATAL DEiCEXT, predominant. Either it will come to the ground with adegree of force we have before shown to be incom-patible with the final preservation of the individual; or,should it be attempted to make it sufficiently light to io6 TRAVELS IN SPACE. resist this conclusion, it must give…
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