Travels in space; a history of aerial navigation (1902)
Valentine, E. Seton, Tomlinson, F. L. · London Hurst and Blackett · leaf 248
ertheless, the Balloon Corps at Aldershot grewin popular favour, and Lord Wolseley, on making hisfirst balloon ascent at Lidsing, near Chatham, declaredthat had he been able to employ balloons in theearlier stages of the Soudan campaign, the affairwould not have lasted as many months as it… … NIGHT ASCENT OF EUGENE GODARD. A HISTORY OF AERIAL NAVIGATION. 231 description. It is impracticable and would be fruitlessof interest to mention here all these devices. That ofMr. Blackman, consisting of a cigar-shaped aerostatwith propelling screws at each side and a steering-screwfore or aft, was…
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