A Short History of Balloons and Flying MachinesLord Montagu Car Illustrated, 1907 - 123 Seiten |
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... soon inflated the bag , and on a sudden this immense mass ascended into the air with such velocity that in less than ten minutes it appeared to be about 1,000 toises above the heads of the spectators , then the vapour escaping through ...
... soon inflated the bag , and on a sudden this immense mass ascended into the air with such velocity that in less than ten minutes it appeared to be about 1,000 toises above the heads of the spectators , then the vapour escaping through ...
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... soon out of sight ; then it appeared at a height of 3,000 feet , crossed the Seine , and was visible all over Paris . " They descended in an easy manner opposite the mill of Croulebarbe , without having experi- enced the least ...
... soon out of sight ; then it appeared at a height of 3,000 feet , crossed the Seine , and was visible all over Paris . " They descended in an easy manner opposite the mill of Croulebarbe , without having experi- enced the least ...
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... soon after found about three miles from the town . The balloon took fire in the air and the in- discreet aëronaut , of course , fell precipitately to the earth . A BALLOON DUEL . 1808. Perhaps the most remarkable duel ever fought took ...
... soon after found about three miles from the town . The balloon took fire in the air and the in- discreet aëronaut , of course , fell precipitately to the earth . A BALLOON DUEL . 1808. Perhaps the most remarkable duel ever fought took ...
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... soon became frozen , and Mr. Sadler for a short time felt the cold as intense as in winter . Immediately over Woolwich the string which fastened the net suddenly broke , and the main body of the balloon was forced quickly through the ...
... soon became frozen , and Mr. Sadler for a short time felt the cold as intense as in winter . Immediately over Woolwich the string which fastened the net suddenly broke , and the main body of the balloon was forced quickly through the ...
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... soon surrounded by a group of the farmer's family and labourers . The rope with anchor was in the hand of the aëronaut , its car but a foot or two above the ground . The farmer led the balloon to his house and said he could hitch it ...
... soon surrounded by a group of the farmer's family and labourers . The rope with anchor was in the hand of the aëronaut , its car but a foot or two above the ground . The farmer led the balloon to his house and said he could hitch it ...
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Seite 122 - I bring fresh showers for the thirsting flowers, From the seas and the streams ; I bear light shade for the leaves when laid In their noonday dreams. From my wings are shaken the dews that waken The sweet buds every one, When rocked to rest on their mother's breast, As she dances about the sun.
Seite 56 - Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keep ; If I should die before I wake, I pray the Lord my soul to take ; And this I ask for Jesus
Seite 119 - Soon shall thy arm, unconquer'd Steam, afar Drag the slow barge, or drive the rapid car ; Or, on wide-waving wings expanded bear The flying chariot through the fields of air...
Seite 9 - Sir, said he, you have seen but a small part of what the mechanic sciences can perform. I have been long of opinion, that instead of the tardy conveyance of ships and chariots, man might use the swifter migration of wings ; that the fields of air are open to knowledge, and that only ignorance and idleness need crawl upon the ground.
Seite 10 - The artist was every day more certain that he should leave vultures and eagles behind him, and the contagion of his confidence seized upon the prince. In a year the wings were finished, and, on a morning appointed, the maker appeared furnished for flight on a little promontory : he waved his pinions awhile to gather air, then leaped from his stand, and in an instant dropped into the lake.
Seite 9 - Nothing, replied the artist, will ever be attempted, if all possible objections must be first overcome. If you will favour my project, I will try the first flight at my own hazard. I have considered the structure of all volant animals, and find the folding continuity of the bat's wings most easily accommodated to the human form. Upon this model I shall begin my task to-morrow, and in a year expect to tower into the air beyond the malice and pursuit of man.
Seite 122 - The sweet buds every one, When rocked to rest on their mother's breast, As she dances about the sun. I wield the flail of the lashing hail, And whiten the green plains under, And then again I dissolve it in rain, And laugh as I pass in thunder.
Seite 118 - Its tender foliage, and declines its blooms. But far in the fierce sunshine tower the hills, With all their growth of woods, silent and stern, As if the scorching heat and dazzling light Were but an element they loved. Bright clouds, Motionless pillars of the brazen heaven, — Their bases on the mountains — their white tops Shining in the far ether — fire the air With a reflected radiance, and make turn The gazer's eye away.
Seite 9 - The labour of rising from the ground," said the artist, "will be great, as we see it in the heavier domestic fowls; but as we mount higher, the earth's attraction, and the body's gravity, will be gradually diminished, till we shall arrive at a region where the man will float in the air without any tendency to fall : no care will then be necessary but to move forwards, which the gentlest impulse will effect. You, sir...
Seite 10 - He waved his pinions a while to gather air, then leaped from his stand, and in an instant dropped into the lake. His wings, which were of no use in the air, sustained him in the water, and the prince drew him to land, half dead with terror and vexation.