. Scientific American Volume 85 Number 06 (August 1901) . ^XlM. ASCENT 07 THE SANTOS-DUMONT DIBIGIBLE BALLOON NO. fi AT L0NGCHAMPS ON JULY 12. speed of knots an hour was registered as the meanof several runs over a measured mile. The mean rev-olutions were 740 per minute, the boiler pressure 150pounds to the square inch, and vacuum 26% inches,the pressure in the stokehole being equal to one inchof water. The new vessel is considerably faster thanany of the river steamers of her class engaged inthe same work, her speed exceeding that of her competitors by aboutone and a half knotsper hour.
. Scientific American Volume 85 Number 06 (August 1901) . ^XlM. ASCENT 07 THE SANTOS-DUMONT DIBIGIBLE BALLOON NO. fi AT L0NGCHAMPS ON JULY 12. speed of knots an hour was registered as the meanof several runs over a measured mile. The mean rev-olutions were 740 per minute, the boiler pressure 150pounds to the square inch, and vacuum 26% inches,the pressure in the stokehole being equal to one inchof water. The new vessel is considerably faster thanany of the river steamers of her class engaged inthe same work, her speed exceeding that of her competitors by aboutone and a half knotsper hour. •-•-» THE balloon of - Dumont, whichmade a successful tripacross Paris, as record-ed in the ScientificAmerican for July 27,is the fifth which he hasbuilt, and we are nowenabled to give some de-tailed views of this re-markable airship. Theballoon proper is cylin-drical and is coveredwith silk, its extremi-ties being pointed. Itis 111 feet long, and its cubical capacity is 19,300feet. Suspended by piano wire some 35 or 40
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