. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . SAVING A MILLION DOLLARS A MINUTE IN 1862 This is a photograph of a feat that would be noteworthy in the twentieth century, and in 1862 was revolutionary—actually beingperformed on the field of battle. At Fair Oaks, May 31, 1862, the lifting force of the balloon Constitution proved too weak to carryup the telegraph apparatus, its wires, and cables to a height sufficient to overlook the forests and hills. I was at my wits end,writes Professor Lowe, as to how I could best save an hours time—the most precious and important hour of all
. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . SAVING A MILLION DOLLARS A MINUTE IN 1862 This is a photograph of a feat that would be noteworthy in the twentieth century, and in 1862 was revolutionary—actually beingperformed on the field of battle. At Fair Oaks, May 31, 1862, the lifting force of the balloon Constitution proved too weak to carryup the telegraph apparatus, its wires, and cables to a height sufficient to overlook the forests and hills. I was at my wits end,writes Professor Lowe, as to how I could best save an hours time—the most precious and important hour of all my experience inthe army. As I saw the two armies coming nearer and nearer together, there was no time to be lost. It flashed through my mindthat if I could only get the gas which was in the smaller balloon Constitution into the balloon Intrepid, which was then half filled, Iwould 3ave an hours time, and to us that hours time would be worth a million dollars a minute. By the ingenious use of a 10-inchcamp kettle with the bottom cut out, a connection was
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