Technical World Magazine, Volume 12Technical World Company, 1909 |
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... which is as dependable as the motion of the earth itself , which will whisk it across 3,000 miles of sea at a rate of speed far Copyright , 1909 , by Technical World Company . 3 SECTIONAL BALLOON RECENTLY BUILT IN GERMANY . It is claimed.
... which is as dependable as the motion of the earth itself , which will whisk it across 3,000 miles of sea at a rate of speed far Copyright , 1909 , by Technical World Company . 3 SECTIONAL BALLOON RECENTLY BUILT IN GERMANY . It is claimed.
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... speed back to America . With a dirig- ible , capable of seeking favorable local winds or proceeding against mod- erately unfavorable ones to traverse the space from England to the Canary Islands or from Key West to Boston it can be seen ...
... speed back to America . With a dirig- ible , capable of seeking favorable local winds or proceeding against mod- erately unfavorable ones to traverse the space from England to the Canary Islands or from Key West to Boston it can be seen ...
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... speed eclips- ing that of the ocean liners , at the latitude of Boston ; westward , returning at the same speed at Key West and south of it . The other the fact that skillful pilots can keep their ships of the air in this great highway ...
... speed eclips- ing that of the ocean liners , at the latitude of Boston ; westward , returning at the same speed at Key West and south of it . The other the fact that skillful pilots can keep their ships of the air in this great highway ...
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... speed of the balloon may be determined with much accuracy . Knowing our height above the sea level by means of the barometer and our position by means of maps and the sextant we can , when over the land , easily determine our height ...
... speed of the balloon may be determined with much accuracy . Knowing our height above the sea level by means of the barometer and our position by means of maps and the sextant we can , when over the land , easily determine our height ...
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... , dead and dark . It is by no means impossible that one of these vast dark bodies , swinging through the universe at huge speed , will collide with our own system and work havoc . Even the. 28 TECHNICAL WORLD MAGAZINE.
... , dead and dark . It is by no means impossible that one of these vast dark bodies , swinging through the universe at huge speed , will collide with our own system and work havoc . Even the. 28 TECHNICAL WORLD MAGAZINE.
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