10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DIRIGIBILITY»
Discover the use of
dirigibility in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
dirigibility and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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European Electricity Systems in Transition: A comparative ...
F. The Danish direct electricity supply system's political dirigibility Strangely
enough, the political dirigibility of large companies has not, in general, been
analysed when discussing the future organisation of the power system. We do
not find it ...
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Agent Provocateur: A Flight of Fancy
The word comes from the major problem with airships, which has always been
dirigibility—” “The what again?” “Directional control. Based on a French word.” “
Oh . . . ah . . . yes, I know it . . . diriger! To direct, or steer, or something like that,
right ...
Jeffery Lee Satterfield, 2010
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Modern Swedish Prose in Translation
"The guide-ropes, the sail, the dirigibility of the balloon?" "Confoundedly
complicated details," said Andree. "Why didn't you test the balloon beforehand?
Test it for loss of gas, its lifting power, its dirigibility?" "Lack of time," answered
Andree.
Every such boat is a skimming dish with no HOW A SAILBOAT GOES TO
WINDWARD By JOHN L. SEYMOUR more dirigibility than a meat platter, and,it
falls off to leeward in contempt of its rudder until its stern is comfortably presented
to the ...
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Five Days in Brussels with Charles Baudelaire
“But since you are rightly concerned with establishing precise terms, I must object
to the words 'dirigeability', and 'dirigeable'. Properly written and spoken, it should
be 'dirigibility', and 'dirigible'.” “We thought of that. But look, it is a question of ...
NEW RESEARCHES ON THE DIRIGIBILITY OF ELECTRIC WAVES.* BY PROF.
ALEXANDER ARTOM. From the very beginning of wireless telegraphy I, set
myself the task of studying some problems the resolution of which might the
better ...
NEW RESEARCHES ON THE DIRIGIBILITY OF ELECTRIC WAVES.* BY PROF.
ALEXANDER ARTOM. i From the very beginning of wireless telegraphy Irset
myself the task of studying some problems the resolutionpf which might the better
...
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Modern inventions and discoveries
bility. Santos-Dumont himself can not to-day steer a round balloon. The propeller,
as before, is controlled by means of the shaft. In a word, dirigibility is attained by
modifying, to suit atmospherical conditions, the available factors in navigation.
Where the gas car eliminates the power house connection, but clings to the rails,
however, the trackless trolley. by avoiding the rails introduces, even though to a
limited degree the elementtof dirigibility, which rail-bound equipment has always
...
Size, speed, dirigibility and radius of action were steadily increased. The U-boats
became more efficient and dangerous, and the list of their victims increased at an
alarming rate. To meet this critical situation, to combat this lurking and elusive ...
3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DIRIGIBILITY»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
dirigibility is used in the context of the following news items.
Inflated Hopes
“Dirigibility” means the ability to navigate through the air by engine power, unlike balloon flight, which is captive to the wind. Beginning and ... «Wall Street Journal, Oct 14»
Imagination took flight with airship experimentation in SF
As Gary Kurutz writes in “'Navigating the Upper Strata' and the Quest for Dirigibility,” which appeared in the winter 1979-80 issue of California ... «SFGate, Oct 14»
The Little Dirigible That Could—And Did
They left for California with a $500 award for demonstrating “dirigibility.” For the next five years, Knabenshue, Baldwin, and the dirigible ruled ... «WYSO, Sep 14»
