My Life and Balloon Experiences: With a Supplementary Chapter on Military Ballooning, Band 1W.H. Allen & Company, 1887 - 13 Seiten |
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... wind I catch one in the eye , how then ? " " Oh ! that's what we're coming to . If you , after a spurt in sparring , throw your guard well over your face , and butt in smartly at the same time , you score a shot between wind and water ...
... wind I catch one in the eye , how then ? " " Oh ! that's what we're coming to . If you , after a spurt in sparring , throw your guard well over your face , and butt in smartly at the same time , you score a shot between wind and water ...
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... wind , but , boy- like , we took little heed of this until we got well out into the middle of the Medway . Then we discovered our mistake , as the wind and tide were setting one way ; we missed the ship , and were swept down the river ...
... wind , but , boy- like , we took little heed of this until we got well out into the middle of the Medway . Then we discovered our mistake , as the wind and tide were setting one way ; we missed the ship , and were swept down the river ...
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... wind being from the S.S.E. , so that we had a long run before us , and a good opportunity of reaching Scotland . Owing to the close proximity of the balloon to the gas- holders , the filling proceeded very rapidly ; it appeared to me ...
... wind being from the S.S.E. , so that we had a long run before us , and a good opportunity of reaching Scotland . Owing to the close proximity of the balloon to the gas- holders , the filling proceeded very rapidly ; it appeared to me ...
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... wind in Gloucestershire , after having started from Bristol . A new fangled grapnel was used in this trip , and one ill - adapted for arresting the progress of a balloon in a strong wind . It was on the ball and socket principle ; but ...
... wind in Gloucestershire , after having started from Bristol . A new fangled grapnel was used in this trip , and one ill - adapted for arresting the progress of a balloon in a strong wind . It was on the ball and socket principle ; but ...
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... winds blew us , on a sort of pleasure trip . The " Sylph " received a good supply of gas at the Independent Gas - works at Haggerston , London , on April 10th ; early in the afternoon we ascended , and after being nearly three hours ...
... winds blew us , on a sort of pleasure trip . The " Sylph " received a good supply of gas at the Independent Gas - works at Haggerston , London , on April 10th ; early in the afternoon we ascended , and after being nearly three hours ...
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