aerostatic
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Origin of aerostatic
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Are you interested in the progress of aerostatic science?�
From A Voyage in a Balloon (1852) by Verne, Jules
"You think, then, that aerostatic science has said its last word?"
From Five Weeks in a Balloon by Verne, Jules
This first aerostatic journey took place on November 21st, 1783.
From A History of Aeronautics by Vivian, Evelyn Charles
The "Go-Ahead" was the most perfect type of what had up to then been invented in aerostatic art—she was what an "Inflexible" or a "Formidable" is in ships of war.
From Robur the Conqueror by Verne, Jules
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
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