aerostatic
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Origin of aerostatic
Example Sentences
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Par tow would ask with a chuckle when they met in these days, for he had made Lanstron both chief of intelligence and chief aerostatic officer.
From The Last Shot by Palmer, Frederick
The first three groups are capable of flight by aerodynamic or aerostatic means and can be propelled and controlled by methods known to aeronautical engineers.
From The Flying Saucers are Real by Keyhoe, Donald E. (Donald Edward)
In the French campaign against Italy in 1859 the French had recourse to the use of balloons, but this time there was not any aerostatic corps, and their management was entrusted to the brothers Godard.
From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg
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 Verne, Jules
There the chief of the aerostatic division took the defensive.
From The Last Shot by Palmer, Frederick
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