aerostatic
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Origin of aerostatic
Example Sentences
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"Let go!" shouted Uncle Prudent; and the "Go-Ahead" rose "majestically"—an adverb consecrated by custom to all aerostatic ascents.
From Robur the Conqueror by Jules Verne
The aerostatic machine," he says, "was constructed of cloth lined with paper, fastened together on a network of strings fixed to the cloth.
From Wonderful Balloon Ascents by F. (Fulgence) Marion
When the telegraph did speak it was with another message from some aerostatic officer, saying, "Still favorable," which was taken at once to Lanstron, who was with the staff chiefs around the big table.
From The Last Shot by Frederick Palmer
Experience is the sister of practice, but it is also first cousin to theory, and I have long and deeply studied the aerostatic art.
From A Voyage in a Balloon (1852) by Jules Verne
Through me, the aerostatic art would render immense services to the world, if God should spare my life!
From A Voyage in a Balloon (1852) by Jules Verne
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