air ship

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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

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

In the same year a French military officer, named Meusnier, produced a completely detailed design for an air-ship.

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

The camerist does not have to get in an air-ship and fly to Africa in order to produce photographs that will sell.

From Making Your Camera Pay by Davis, Frederick C.

So the large fan or screw propeller on an air-ship drives the air backward, and the air reacts and drives the ship forward.

From The Story of Great Inventions by Burns, Elmer Ellsworth