My Life and Balloon Experiences: With a Supplementary Chapter on Military Ballooning, Band 1W.H. Allen & Company, 1887 - 13 Seiten |
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... being settled , I struck out like a hunter over hedges and ditches , and came up at the death before the gas had been exhausted . It was Mr. Green's balloon ! The aëronaut was very busy , and , as I thought , rather ill 32 MY LIFE AND.
... being settled , I struck out like a hunter over hedges and ditches , and came up at the death before the gas had been exhausted . It was Mr. Green's balloon ! The aëronaut was very busy , and , as I thought , rather ill 32 MY LIFE AND.
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... aëronaut would recognise me as the boy with a scratched face who made himself conspicuous at his former descent . The aëronaut , however , was intent upon his business and anxious to proceed with it , as I inferred from repeated ...
... aëronaut would recognise me as the boy with a scratched face who made himself conspicuous at his former descent . The aëronaut , however , was intent upon his business and anxious to proceed with it , as I inferred from repeated ...
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... aëronaut was all astir in allowing gas to flow towards the valve , and to expand the top part first . I would fain I had a good opportunity of noticing every movement that was made , and in my eagerness to gather information I followed ...
... aëronaut was all astir in allowing gas to flow towards the valve , and to expand the top part first . I would fain I had a good opportunity of noticing every movement that was made , and in my eagerness to gather information I followed ...
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... aëronaut when I wished to make my maiden ascent . This was the year ( 1837 ) , a period when I became a diligent student in aërostatics , and , it is not too much to say , that I had shown similar application in dental surgery , indeed ...
... aëronaut when I wished to make my maiden ascent . This was the year ( 1837 ) , a period when I became a diligent student in aërostatics , and , it is not too much to say , that I had shown similar application in dental surgery , indeed ...
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... aëronaut , and not as one upon whom Mr. Green would lavish his experience , or whom he would take up either as a paying passenger or pupil . I was evidently considered a dangerous fellow , and as Mr. Hampton had once stated that he ...
... aëronaut , and not as one upon whom Mr. Green would lavish his experience , or whom he would take up either as a paying passenger or pupil . I was evidently considered a dangerous fellow , and as Mr. Hampton had once stated that he ...
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