A German engineer is reported to have made an important discovery in aeron^ autics, by which he is enabled to condense oi; expand the gas in a balloon. jJThe agent he employs is compressed carbonic acid, with the help of which he says he is able to ascend or descend at pleasure. This vertical moveinentwouldputitinthe power of the aeronaut to go up or down ■ until he finds a current of air moving in the horizontal direction he wishes. Should all this prove true, the discovery would he- an important one for military operations, because in time of war a baloon would be able to reach the enemy's territory and ascend or descend without requiring a fresh supply of gas. • ;-• *
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Grey River Argus, Volume XXXI, Issue 5304, 26 September 1885, Page 2
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