My Life and Balloon Experiences: With a Supplementary Chapter on Military Ballooning, Band 1W.H. Allen & Company, 1887 - 13 Seiten |
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... book , but they had me on one point , and at a tremendous advantage , namely , I was driven to fill the " Sylph " at the gas works , and endeavour to transport it through the town . This attempt was made in May , 1848 , and on that ...
... book , but they had me on one point , and at a tremendous advantage , namely , I was driven to fill the " Sylph " at the gas works , and endeavour to transport it through the town . This attempt was made in May , 1848 , and on that ...
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... book , and as Military and Meteorological Ballooning had revived in Paris , I expressed myself ready to allude to the current topics of the day , and further stated that I had written part of my life . It was then decided to connect the ...
... book , and as Military and Meteorological Ballooning had revived in Paris , I expressed myself ready to allude to the current topics of the day , and further stated that I had written part of my life . It was then decided to connect the ...
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... book holds it to be his province , and his duty as a practical man to review both sides of public opinion respecting his speciality , he considers it right to state , that the representatives of the press , like the representatives of ...
... book holds it to be his province , and his duty as a practical man to review both sides of public opinion respecting his speciality , he considers it right to state , that the representatives of the press , like the representatives of ...
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... will be further applied to useful objects , and that both combined , aided by sincere and competent abettors , will bring about the solution of aërial navigation . BOOKS , & c . , ISSUED BY MESSRS . 228 MY LIFE AND BALLOON EXPERIENCES .
... will be further applied to useful objects , and that both combined , aided by sincere and competent abettors , will bring about the solution of aërial navigation . BOOKS , & c . , ISSUED BY MESSRS . 228 MY LIFE AND BALLOON EXPERIENCES .
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With a Supplementary Chapter on Military Ballooning Henry Tracey Coxwell. BOOKS , & c . , ISSUED BY MESSRS . W. H. ALLEN & Co. , Publishers & Literary Agents to the India Office COMPRISING MISCELLANEOUS PUBLICATIONS IN GENERAL LITERATURE ...
With a Supplementary Chapter on Military Ballooning Henry Tracey Coxwell. BOOKS , & c . , ISSUED BY MESSRS . W. H. ALLEN & Co. , Publishers & Literary Agents to the India Office COMPRISING MISCELLANEOUS PUBLICATIONS IN GENERAL LITERATURE ...
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