How It Flies; Or, the Conquest of the Air; the Story of Man's Endeavors to Fly And of the Inventions By Which He Has Succeeded
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It failed to work.
In 1852, however, a new era opened for the air- ship. Henry Giffard, of Paris, the inventor of the world-famed injector for steam boilers, built an ellip- tical gas-bag with cigar-shaped ends, 144 feet long, and 40 feet in diameter, having a cubic content of 88,000 cubic feet. The car was suspended from a rod 66 feet long which hung from the net covering the gas-bag. It was equipped with a 3-horse-power steam engine which turned a two-bladed screw pro- peller 11 feet in diame...ter, at the rate of 110 revo- lutions per minute. Coke was used for fuel. The BALLOONS: THE DIRIGIBLE. 301 steering was done with a triangular rudder-sail.
Upon trial on September 24, 1852, the airship The first Giffard dirigible.
proved a success, travelling at the rate of nearly 6 miles an hour.
Giffard built a second airship in 1855, of a much more elongated shape — 235 feet long and 33 feet in diameter. He used the same engine which propelled his first ship. After a successful trial trip, when about to land, the gas-bag unaccountably turned up on end, allowing the net and car to slide off, and, ris- ing slightly in the air, burst.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
It failed to work.
In 1852, however, a new era opened for the air- ship. Henry Giffard, of Paris, the inventor of the world-famed injector for steam boilers, built an ellip- tical gas-bag with cigar-shaped ends, 144 feet long, and 40 feet in diameter, having a cubic content of 88,000 cubic feet. The car was suspended from a rod 66 feet long which hung from the net covering the gas-bag. It was equipped with a 3-horse-power steam engine which turned a two-bladed screw pro- peller 11 feet in diame...ter, at the rate of 110 revo- lutions per minute. Coke was used for fuel. The BALLOONS: THE DIRIGIBLE. 301 steering was done with a triangular rudder-sail.
Upon trial on September 24, 1852, the airship The first Giffard dirigible.
proved a success, travelling at the rate of nearly 6 miles an hour.
Giffard built a second airship in 1855, of a much more elongated shape — 235 feet long and 33 feet in diameter. He used the same engine which propelled his first ship. After a successful trial trip, when about to land, the gas-bag unaccountably turned up on end, allowing the net and car to slide off, and, ris- ing slightly in the air, burst.
What to read after How It Flies; Or, the Conquest of the Air; the Story of Man's Endeavors to Fly And of the Inventions By Which He Has Succeeded?
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