My Airships: The Story of My LifeGrant Richards, 1904 - 328 pages |
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30 kilogrammes 66 accident aerial navigation aerodrome air current air-ship air-ship station Alberto Santos-Dumont altitude ascent atmosphere automobile Bagatelle ballast balloon envelope balloon house basket bay of Monaco BIBL LYON Bois de Boulogne Brazil Cap Martin centimetres of water chaloupe CHAPTER coffee construction constructors cords course cubic metres cylinders danger descending Deutsch prize diagonally dirigible balloon Eiffel Tower experience flight flying francs gas valves ground guide rope guide-rope horse-power hour hydrogen inflated interior air balloon interior pressure keel kilogrammes 66 lbs kilometres Lachambre land Longchamps Longchamps racecourse machine Machuron Mediterranean miles Monte Carlo motor and propeller mount Neuilly St James open space Parc des Princes passed Pedro petroleum motor Prince of Monaco professional aeronauts Puteaux race rudder runabout Scientific Commission sea wall shifting weights ship speed spherical balloon spherical balloonist St Cloud started steered stopped tion trees trial tricycle trip wind