Travels in space; a history of aerial navigation (1902)
Valentine, E. Seton, Tomlinson, F. L. · London Hurst and Blackett · leaf 142
hocast even a hasty glance upon it could have predictedthe result. Far from possessing an ascensional force suffi-cient to raise sixteen persons, it was with difficulty thatit sustained itself In fact, at the moment when thesignal was given for the ascent, it was found impossibleto induce it to…
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