Travels in space; a history of aerial navigation (1902)
Valentine, E. Seton, Tomlinson, F. L. · London Hurst and Blackett · leaf 130
t an oscillating motion,which it retained until it reached the earth. Thevelocities of these zig-zag descents were marked bycorresponding notes of the wind as it whistled throughthe rigging of the balloon. On reaching the pointwhere the lower current of air traversed the upper,another and more… … tTwrCAH sec no/ cms bi^^t WISES TRA^•SATLA^•TIC BALLOON. A HISTORY OF AERIAL NAVIGATION. 113 The wind from the south-west drifted the machineseveral miles in its direction before it fell to the earth.As I neared terra firma all the ballast was thrown over-board ; but when I struck it was with a…
Aeronautics
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