From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 48
Page 3
... and sure equipment for reaching this upper air current and staying in it until the desired point is reached , and men daring enough to trust their lives to the first voyage and thus point the way to thousands of eager followers .
... and sure equipment for reaching this upper air current and staying in it until the desired point is reached , and men daring enough to trust their lives to the first voyage and thus point the way to thousands of eager followers .
Page 173
This undoubtedly saved ir lives : Glaisher thought they reached a height of 37,000 feet , but no An attempt was made April 15 , 1875 , by Tissandier , Sivel and Croce - Spinelli to outdo Glaisher and Coxwell's feat .
This undoubtedly saved ir lives : Glaisher thought they reached a height of 37,000 feet , but no An attempt was made April 15 , 1875 , by Tissandier , Sivel and Croce - Spinelli to outdo Glaisher and Coxwell's feat .
Page 217
NORTH POLE REACHED AT LAST By WILLIAM T. WALSH DIFFICULT TRAVELING . ... was startled by the following telegram received at Brussels by Director Lecointe of the Observatory at that place : " I reached the North Pole on April 21 , 1908.
NORTH POLE REACHED AT LAST By WILLIAM T. WALSH DIFFICULT TRAVELING . ... was startled by the following telegram received at Brussels by Director Lecointe of the Observatory at that place : " I reached the North Pole on April 21 , 1908.
What people are saying - Write a review
We haven't found any reviews in the usual places.
Contents
MAGAZINE | 586 |
Cover Design LEJAREN HILLER | 591 |
Men of SciencePORTRAITS | 605 |
4 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
able acres American become boat building built called carried cause cent Chicago coal comes complete concrete cost course crop disease dollars effect electric engine experiments fact farm feet field fire five followed four give ground half hand hour hundred important inches interest keep kind known land less light living look machine means ment method miles months mountain natural never operation pass plant possible pounds practical present produced railroad railway reached record result river road shows side soil stand success supply surface taken things thousand tion track train turn United