Travels in space; a history of aerial navigation (1902)
Valentine, E. Seton, Tomlinson, F. L. · London Hurst and Blackett · leaf 182
was invented and employed upon which he could drawat will. It is a fact that Mile. Garnerin once wagered A HISTORY OF AERIAL NAVIGATION. i6- to guide herself with a parachute from the point of itsfall to a place mutually selected, at a considerabledistance. She won the wager, by so manipulating… … DAVIDS SAILING AEROSTAT (VEKTICAL SECTION}. propulsion to a great height, and as often afterwards asrequired. These ideas of Nadar and the French aeromotiveparty, so boldly expressed, drew forth the energies of alarge number of scientists, and many articles andpamphlets appeared on the subject.…
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