air ship

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But the problem was conquered at last, and they attached a motor and propeller to the glider, and had an air-ship under perfect control and with the speed of an express-train.

From The Story of Great Inventions by Burns, Elmer Ellsworth

The balloon part of this air-ship was 112-1/2 feet long and 19-1/2 feet in diameter, holding about 6400 cubic feet of gas.

From The Story of Great Inventions by Burns, Elmer Ellsworth

The air-ship, unlike the aeroplane, is not dependent upon its engines for its power to remain in flight, but derives its sustentation from the hydrogen gas with which it is filled.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide by Various

Perhaps a feasible means of propelling such an air-ship would be by a kind of trolley system where the rod would hang down from the car to the stretched wire, instead of extending upward.

From McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 1 by Various

Meusnier's design was the genesis of the modern non-rigid air-ship, all the essential features remaining.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide by Various