Airships past and present, together with chapters on the use of balloons in connection with meteorology, photography and the carrier pigeon . -Arrangements for ripping-panel. (From Moedebecks Pocketbook.) 186 AIESHIPS PAST AND PEE SENT. used to hold the instruments, provisions, etc. Aeronauts whoobject to the use of the ripping-panel always take a grapplingiron, which is intended to help the landing operations, but it isof course practically useless if the ground is rocky or frozen. Thedesigns for grapnels are very numerous ; all, doubtless, aremade with the intention of improving the grip und
Airships past and present, together with chapters on the use of balloons in connection with meteorology, photography and the carrier pigeon . -Arrangements for ripping-panel. (From Moedebecks Pocketbook.) 186 AIESHIPS PAST AND PEE SENT. used to hold the instruments, provisions, etc. Aeronauts whoobject to the use of the ripping-panel always take a grapplingiron, which is intended to help the landing operations, but it isof course practically useless if the ground is rocky or frozen. Thedesigns for grapnels are very numerous ; all, doubtless, aremade with the intention of improving the grip under unfavour-able conditions. The shocks which a balloonsustains from bumping on a windy day areonly made worse if the grapnel succeeds,every here and there, in getting a momentaryhold. It throws a very serious strain on all Fig. 113.—Net of a balloon. (From MoedebecksPocketbook.).
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