What to do and how to do it; the American boys handy book (1920)
Beard, Daniel Carter, 1850-1941 · New York, C. Scribner's sons · leaf 167
Round Balloon (safe). Slightly Elongated Balloon (safe). shapes as well as some of the safe styles. For large balloons,strong manila-paper is best; for smaller ones, use tissue-paper, 138 Summer. … Pumpkin-shaped Balloon (safe). When you build a balloon, decide first what height you wantit; then make the side pieces or gores nearly a third longer ; a balloon of thirteen gores, eachsix feet long and one foot great-est width, when distended withhot air ready to ascend, is a lit-tle over four…
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