air ship
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The air-ship was still four miles off, and flying at an altitude of about 2000 feet.
From With Beatty off Jutland A Romance of the Great Sea Fight by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)
On page 45, "air-ship" was replaced with "air ship".
From Lecture on Artificial Flight Given by request at the Academy of Natural Sciences by Krueger, Wm. G.
Some of the cars, instead of being slung below the centre-line, are slung in pairs some little way up the side of the air-ship.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide by Various
Fabric bags, known as 'ballonets', are therefore fitted inside the envelope, and as the air-ship descends air is forced into these bags, which supplies the lost pressure and maintains the shape of the envelope.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide by Various
Of course the air-ship of the future will be constructed without any balloon attachment.
From McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 1 by Various
