Airships past and present, together with chapters on the use of balloons in connection with meteorology, photography and the carrier pigeon . .2 « 150 AIRSHIPS PAST AND PRESENT. Ville de Langres had been got ready in Tours, and was sentwith the aeronauts Duruof, Berteaux, and some marines to jointhe army on the Loire at Orleans. The Tissandiers followed inthe Jean Bart. Revilliod and Mangin were sent to Amiens,and shortly before the declaration of peace, Wilfrid de Eonviellewith two balloons was ordered to join General Faidherbe. Manyaccidents happened in the storms of December, 1870, the ball
Airships past and present, together with chapters on the use of balloons in connection with meteorology, photography and the carrier pigeon . .2 « 150 AIRSHIPS PAST AND PRESENT. Ville de Langres had been got ready in Tours, and was sentwith the aeronauts Duruof, Berteaux, and some marines to jointhe army on the Loire at Orleans. The Tissandiers followed inthe Jean Bart. Revilliod and Mangin were sent to Amiens,and shortly before the declaration of peace, Wilfrid de Eonviellewith two balloons was ordered to join General Faidherbe. Manyaccidents happened in the storms of December, 1870, the balloonsbeing often torn to pieces by the wind. The work of marchingwith the balloons, rilled with gas, was very laborious, and super-human efforts were required to meet emergencies of variouskinds. Still, it must be admitted that the value of the observa-tions made in this way was not great, though the possible valueof military ballooning under favourable conditions was thoroughlyrecognised. It was therefore determined to form a ballooncorps, and Steenacker was authorised to make the necessaryarrangements. In consequence, two divisions w
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