Gallery of Nature and Art, Or a Tour Through Creation and Science: Illustrated with 100 Plates, Volume 6R. Wilks, 1815 |
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Page 66
... sort of inflammable air - ballons that were ever made . But while aerostation seemed thus on the point of being made known in Britain , it was all at once announced in France , by two brothers , Stephen and John Montgolfier , natives of ...
... sort of inflammable air - ballons that were ever made . But while aerostation seemed thus on the point of being made known in Britain , it was all at once announced in France , by two brothers , Stephen and John Montgolfier , natives of ...
Page 69
... sort of car was suspended a few feet below the lower part of the balloon ; and in order to prevent the bursting of the machine , a valve was placed in it ; by opening of which some of the inflammable air might be oc- casionally let out ...
... sort of car was suspended a few feet below the lower part of the balloon ; and in order to prevent the bursting of the machine , a valve was placed in it ; by opening of which some of the inflammable air might be oc- casionally let out ...
Page 79
... sort , viz . of oiled silk , with a net , from which ropes proceeded , which termi . nated in , or were jointed to , a single rope at a few feet below the balloon . To this rope the parachute was fastened in the following manner . The ...
... sort , viz . of oiled silk , with a net , from which ropes proceeded , which termi . nated in , or were jointed to , a single rope at a few feet below the balloon . To this rope the parachute was fastened in the following manner . The ...
Page 84
... sort of inverted vessel , to the upper aper- ture of which the balloon is adapted . Things thus prepared , if the part of the vessel is put into the fire , and made red - hot , the inflammable air produced will come out of the tube ...
... sort of inverted vessel , to the upper aper- ture of which the balloon is adapted . Things thus prepared , if the part of the vessel is put into the fire , and made red - hot , the inflammable air produced will come out of the tube ...
Page 85
... sort that have been used with any probable success ; and as Mr. Cavallo observes , they seem to be capable of considerable improve . ment , though much is not to be expected from them , when the machine goes at a great rate . It is a ...
... sort that have been used with any probable success ; and as Mr. Cavallo observes , they seem to be capable of considerable improve . ment , though much is not to be expected from them , when the machine goes at a great rate . It is a ...
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