aerostatic
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Origin of aerostatic
Example Sentences
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But a little time afterwards Montgolfier's discoveries quite altered the conditions under which the aerostatic art was to be pursued.
From Wonderful Balloon Ascents by F. (Fulgence) Marion
The automatic and the riflemen in the tower banged away to no purpose, for the aerostatic officers of the Grays had been apprised of the danger in that direction.
From The Last Shot by Frederick Palmer
Gay-Lussac saw the same hygrometer standing at 25.3 degrees in his great aerostatic ascent in a stratum of air 7034 feet high, and with a temperature of 39.2 degrees.
From COSMOS: A Sketch of the Physical Description of the Universe, Vol. 1 by Alexander von Humboldt
"He might, through the leak," said the chief aerostatic officer, who considered that many of his gallant subordinates had lost their lives through Bouchard's inefficiency.
From The Last Shot by Frederick Palmer
There the chief of the aerostatic division took the defensive.
From The Last Shot by Frederick Palmer
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