Airships past and present, together with chapters on the use of balloons in connection with meteorology, photography and the carrier pigeon . Fig. 44.—Count dela 88 AIKSHIPS PAST AND PRESENT. 2 cwt. of moisture, and it is evident that a dead weight of thisorder may have considerable effect on the length of journeywhich it is possible to undertake. A balloon of a capacity of25,000 cubic feet has great advantages from the point of view oftransport, and also takes a small amount of gas. Both of thesematters are of importance from the military point of view. Onthe other hand, it has the di
Airships past and present, together with chapters on the use of balloons in connection with meteorology, photography and the carrier pigeon . Fig. 44.—Count dela 88 AIKSHIPS PAST AND PRESENT. 2 cwt. of moisture, and it is evident that a dead weight of thisorder may have considerable effect on the length of journeywhich it is possible to undertake. A balloon of a capacity of25,000 cubic feet has great advantages from the point of view oftransport, and also takes a small amount of gas. Both of thesematters are of importance from the military point of view. Onthe other hand, it has the disadvantage of being able to carry onlyone passenger. It is obvious that a man requires all his witsto manage a dirigible balloon, and would be unable to find anytime in which to make observations in the capacity of a de la Vaulx therefore proposes to increase the size of hisairship, and the trial runs have turned out to his satisfaction. Many other dirigible balloons have lately appeared, whichhave all met with their share of success and failure. A shorttable is added, giving particulars of the airships most frequentlymentioned in the daily papers, to
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