aerostatic
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Origin of aerostatic
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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 Palmer, Frederick
"You think, then, that aerostatic science has said its last word?"
From Five Weeks in a Balloon by Verne, Jules
"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 Verne, Jules
It is scarce possible to talk of a paper kite, without thinking of that other and greater aerostatic contrivance—a balloon.
From The Cliff Climbers A Sequel to "The Plant Hunters" by Reid, Mayne
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 Humboldt, Alexander von
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