The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 63National Geographic Society, 1933 - Geography Indexes kept up to date with supplements. |
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Page 355
... balloon and re- store its former supremacy . The balloon , being entirely amenable to theoretic calculation , offers a big advan- tage over the plane . For research pur- poses the balloon presents the tremendous advantage of not being ...
... balloon and re- store its former supremacy . The balloon , being entirely amenable to theoretic calculation , offers a big advan- tage over the plane . For research pur- poses the balloon presents the tremendous advantage of not being ...
Page 356
... balloon and the ropes should have been very solid and consequently very heavy- so heavy , in fact , that the balloon would never have been able to rise to the height desired . BALLOON PARTIALLY INFLATED TO ALLOW FOR EXPANSION DURING ...
... balloon and the ropes should have been very solid and consequently very heavy- so heavy , in fact , that the balloon would never have been able to rise to the height desired . BALLOON PARTIALLY INFLATED TO ALLOW FOR EXPANSION DURING ...
Page 373
... balloon started to descend about a hundred feet an hour . At that rate it would have taken us three weeks to get down to earth . But at sundown we knew the balloon would descend rapidly as the cooled gases contracted . o'clock we felt ...
... balloon started to descend about a hundred feet an hour . At that rate it would have taken us three weeks to get down to earth . But at sundown we knew the balloon would descend rapidly as the cooled gases contracted . o'clock we felt ...
Contents
Montserrat Spains Mountain Shrine By E JOHN LONG | 121 |
Life and Color Under the Rising Sun Japan 12 illustrations in color from natural color | 288 |
Motor Trails in Japan By W ROBERT MOORE | 303 |
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