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Page 361
... gondola should the balloon burst at a high altitude . Such retardation would give the occupants of the aluminum gondola time to attach their personal parachutes for a jump when they reach a level where life is possible without ...
... gondola should the balloon burst at a high altitude . Such retardation would give the occupants of the aluminum gondola time to attach their personal parachutes for a jump when they reach a level where life is possible without ...
Page 372
... gondola black , so as to absorb the solar radiations and thus provide heat . The other side of the gondola was shiny . I had an arrangement for turning the gondola around , black to the sun if it grew too cold , and shiny side to the ...
... gondola black , so as to absorb the solar radiations and thus provide heat . The other side of the gondola was shiny . I had an arrangement for turning the gondola around , black to the sun if it grew too cold , and shiny side to the ...
Page 373
... gondola was again slowly dropping . There was only one thing to do , and that was , to wait . So we decided to wait and see what would happen . At 8 In the afternoon the balloon started to descend about a hundred feet an hour . At that ...
... gondola was again slowly dropping . There was only one thing to do , and that was , to wait . So we decided to wait and see what would happen . At 8 In the afternoon the balloon started to descend about a hundred feet an hour . At that ...
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Stevens Edwin A Stevens Institute founded | 81 |
TransSiberian Railway | 88 |
Montserrat Spains Mountain Shrine By E JOHN LONG__ | 121 |
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