BALLOONS FOR THE ITALIAN ARMY IN AFRICA.
Some balloons, which are destined for the Italian army m Africa, have boot tried with pucc-bs m Parin. One of tho Mroatats is simply to bo mcd for signaling purposes during the nigl>i, and carries a lamp cqu=.l to seventy cinrHts m power
Each balloon onl its npp'irtenances ia coiled tip m a bos, placed m a fourwheeled vehicle, at the back of winch is a pulley, which lota ont the cab'e ~nrt acts as au anchor to the ioio tat. The cables ara a'so interlaced with wires, which enible telephonic and telegraphic oramunication to be kept up ' with the aeronauts. A3 water .8 £c;irco m tho Soudan where the balloons will b? ued. a generating; machine for the nianufactur • of the hydrogen will be estiblisnel at Naples, and the gas will ba packed m Bteel tubes and carried away for cam paigning purposes. Forty tubos will suffice for the inflation of the balloons.
When the experiment took place there was a high wind ; but everything went ou well, the asrostata being worked by six men.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1791, 16 March 1888, Page 3
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183BALLOONS FOR THE ITALIAN ARMY IN AFRICA. Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1791, 16 March 1888, Page 3
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