Travels in space; a history of aerial navigation (1902)
Valentine, E. Seton, Tomlinson, F. L. · London Hurst and Blackett · leaf 228
sails, 30 feet indiameter, intended to be worked by four men, a relaygang being also taken up to relieve them. Theinventor regarded it as essential that the balloon shouldpreserve its form notwithstanding any escape of gas, A HISTORY OF AERIAL NAVIGATION. 209 and in order to ensure this he placed a… … nUIUY T>T. LOMES AIR-SHIP. had all along declared that he did not aim at attainingany great independent speed ; the important point wasto get such moderate control over the course as wouldrender it possible for balloons to return into Paris.He believed that a motion through the air of about5…
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