The Technical World Magazine, Volume 9Technical World Company, 1908 |
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... distance ballooning , and have induced the world's foremost aëronauts to cross mountain ranges and sea - channels . Most interesting among these flights are the attempts made in the course of the last few years to cross the Alps by bal ...
... distance ballooning , and have induced the world's foremost aëronauts to cross mountain ranges and sea - channels . Most interesting among these flights are the attempts made in the course of the last few years to cross the Alps by bal ...
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... distance balloon- ing than the latter , the range and mobili- ty of the balloon being impaired consid- accessible summits was taken into ac- count by providing the balloon cage with all kinds of Alpine implements and al- lowing only ...
... distance balloon- ing than the latter , the range and mobili- ty of the balloon being impaired consid- accessible summits was taken into ac- count by providing the balloon cage with all kinds of Alpine implements and al- lowing only ...
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LOOKING DOWN INTO THE BRENNER , 2,500 FEET . BRENNER FROM AN ELEVATION OF 3,000 FEET - INNSBRUCK IN THE DISTANCE . FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL . 21.
LOOKING DOWN INTO THE BRENNER , 2,500 FEET . BRENNER FROM AN ELEVATION OF 3,000 FEET - INNSBRUCK IN THE DISTANCE . FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL . 21.
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... distance , of a rate of thirty - three miles an hour , was gazed at with a good deal of awe . Her frail , slender hull , just able to carry safely tor - boat service dropped , resulting in a set of models graceful in the extreme ...
... distance , of a rate of thirty - three miles an hour , was gazed at with a good deal of awe . Her frail , slender hull , just able to carry safely tor - boat service dropped , resulting in a set of models graceful in the extreme ...
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... distance , the sound of the human voice with all its intonations and inflections faithfully and instantly reproduced at any other point of the globe ; the energy of a water fall made available for supplying light , heat , or motive ...
... distance , the sound of the human voice with all its intonations and inflections faithfully and instantly reproduced at any other point of the globe ; the energy of a water fall made available for supplying light , heat , or motive ...
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