Airships past and present, together with chapters on the use of balloons in connection with meteorology, photography and the carrier pigeon . on December 1st, Charles hadcompleted all his arrangements for the ascent. The fittings carried on the car of the balloon included manynovelties. For the purpose of facilitating the descent during aheavy wind, he carried a kind of anchor, which was fastened atthe end of a long rope. His idea was that the grapnel wouldhold the balloon at a safe distance from the ground until it waspossible to allow a sufficient amount of gas to escape throughthe open valv
Airships past and present, together with chapters on the use of balloons in connection with meteorology, photography and the carrier pigeon . on December 1st, Charles hadcompleted all his arrangements for the ascent. The fittings carried on the car of the balloon included manynovelties. For the purpose of facilitating the descent during aheavy wind, he carried a kind of anchor, which was fastened atthe end of a long rope. His idea was that the grapnel wouldhold the balloon at a safe distance from the ground until it waspossible to allow a sufficient amount of gas to escape throughthe open valve and so complete the descent. He also carried abarometer, which he had himself constructed for the purpose ofdetermining the height to which the balloon had risen, andherein may be seen the result of the ideas which originated withLana and Galien. In order to determine the direction of thewind before starting, Charles had provided a small pilot balloon,6 ft. in diameter, which he handed to Montgolfier with thewords, Cest a vous quil appartient de nous ouvrir la route descieux. The good feeling thus shown to Montgolfier showed that c 2. MONTGOLEIERES, CHARLIERES, AND EOZIEKES. 21 no bitterness-existed between the two inventors, although it isundoubtedly true that there was a very lively controversy as to
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