The Gentleman's Magazine, Volume 283F. Jefferies, 1967 - Early English newspapers The "Gentleman's magazine" section is a digest of selections from the weekly press; the "(Trader's) monthly intelligencer" section consists of news (foreign and domestic), vital statistics, a register of the month's new publications, and a calendar of forthcoming trade fairs. |
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Page 271
... balloon of sixty cubic metres capacity was sent up on December 7 , but exploded before it had ascended very far . It was then determined to build a still larger balloon of gold - beater's skin , and this was launched on March 21 , 1893 ...
... balloon of sixty cubic metres capacity was sent up on December 7 , but exploded before it had ascended very far . It was then determined to build a still larger balloon of gold - beater's skin , and this was launched on March 21 , 1893 ...
Page 273
... balloon ; with a self - recording apparatus sus- pended by a long line from the car of the balloon ; with a second similar apparatus in a captive balloon ; and at the earth's surface - and in this way to make a complete survey of the ...
... balloon ; with a self - recording apparatus sus- pended by a long line from the car of the balloon ; with a second similar apparatus in a captive balloon ; and at the earth's surface - and in this way to make a complete survey of the ...
Page 274
... balloon ascents . Afterwards it fell into disuse , but Dr. Assmann reinvented it in 1889 in a modified form , in which a very sensitive thermometer is enclosed in a tube through which the outside air is drawn at a convenient rate , so ...
... balloon ascents . Afterwards it fell into disuse , but Dr. Assmann reinvented it in 1889 in a modified form , in which a very sensitive thermometer is enclosed in a tube through which the outside air is drawn at a convenient rate , so ...
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Angoni Country In the By A WERNER | 41 |
Pestilence The Great By Rev ARTHUR DIMOCK B | 113 |
A Forgotten Episode in the Life of By A J GORDON 613 | 142 |
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