Stevens, 1885, Recent progress in aerial navigation
- Walter Le Conte Stevens. "Recent Progress in Aerial Navigation". Popular Science Monthly, Volume 27, July 1885, 296-307
- In a footnote the author thanks Gaston Tissandier for extensive accounts described here.
Here's a paragraph of interest from Stevens (1885) about Tissandier:
Tissandier conceived the idea of employing storage batteries instead of steam or hand power, as the immediate source of energy to actuate the propeller of an elongated balloon. He constructed a small experimental balloon, which was filled with hydrogen, the effective ascensional force being two kilogrammes. A motor, of the Siemens type (Fig. 2), weighing only two hundred and twenty grammes, was made to turn the propeller, which consisted of a pair of vanes, each ten centimetres long; storage-cell, motor, and propeller being supported on a light platform suspended by netting. This "dirigeable" aërostat was exhibited at the Electrical Exposition of 1881, and a bronze medal awarded to the inventor. It attained a speed of about three metres per second.
Sources
- Stevens (1885) is transcribed on Wikisource: w:s:Popular_Science_Monthly/Volume_27/July_1885/Recent_Progress_in_Aerial_Navigation
Original title | Recent Progress in Aerial Navigation |
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Simple title | Recent Progress in Aerial Navigation |
Authors | Walter Le Conte Stevens |
Date | 1885-07-27 |
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Languages | en |
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Journal | Popular Science Monthly |
Related to aircraft? | 1 |
Page count | 12 |
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