Airships past and present, together with chapters on the use of balloons in connection with meteorology, photography and the carrier pigeon . NEW YORK D. VAN NOSTRAND COMPANY 23 MURRAY AND 27 WARREN STREETS 1908 V BRADBURY, AGNEW, & CO. LD., PRINTERS,LONDON AND TONBRIDGE. / Xnrk PREFACE. The modern application of ballooning to scientific purposes hascaused a widespread interest to be taken in the sport, and thishas been intensified by the successes which have attended theefforts of Santos Dumont and the brothers Lebaudy in anotherdirection. The present moment, therefore, seems to be suitablefo
Airships past and present, together with chapters on the use of balloons in connection with meteorology, photography and the carrier pigeon . NEW YORK D. VAN NOSTRAND COMPANY 23 MURRAY AND 27 WARREN STREETS 1908 V BRADBURY, AGNEW, & CO. LD., PRINTERS,LONDON AND TONBRIDGE. / Xnrk PREFACE. The modern application of ballooning to scientific purposes hascaused a widespread interest to be taken in the sport, and thishas been intensified by the successes which have attended theefforts of Santos Dumont and the brothers Lebaudy in anotherdirection. The present moment, therefore, seems to be suitablefor a survey of the development of the art, and, in making thisattempt, the author has drawn on a large number of sourcesthat have not hitherto been accessible to the general reader, andhas also supplemented the historical outline with the result ofmany years of practical experience. The following pages containa rough sketch of the past and present state of the art, and itsapplications to scientific ends, and further it is hoped that thelooker-on may find in them something to help him towardsunderstanding the various problems which aairshipspastpres00hild
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