The young folk's cyclopædia of games and sports ; (1899)
Champlin, John Denison, 1834-1915, Bostwick, Arthur Elmore, 1860-1942, joint author · New York, H. Holt and company · leaf 369
g. 24. to the wire cross at the neck of theballoon. A plan of the arrangementis shown in Fig. 25, anda perspective view inFig. 26. To send upthe balloon the bestplan is to make a fireof sticks or shavingson the ground, and putabove it a piece of stove pipe toconduct a current of the heated… … Fig. 25. hooked to the wire cross pieces, andlighted, and the balloon, being re-leased, rises in the air. Care mustbe taken to hold it so far above thefire that there is no danger of itsburning. The balloon would rise alittle way without any lighted wick,but the latter is necessary to keepthe air…
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