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Aerostat   Listen
noun
Aerostat  n.  
1.
(Aeronautics) A balloon, especially a passive balloon; a balloon without motive power. Contrasted with aerodyne.
2.
A balloonist; an aeronaut.





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"Aerostat" Quotes from Famous Books



... of explosives striking the earth and going off promiscuously," replied Arnold. "There isn't as much of that aerostat left as would make ...
— The Angel of the Revolution - A Tale of the Coming Terror • George Griffith
... was made on the 12th of the following month, and was witnessed by M. Tissandier, according to whom the aerostat conveying the inventors ascended gently and steadily, drifting with an appreciable breeze until the screw was set in motion and the helm put down, when the vessel was brought round to the wind and held its own until the motor, by ...
— The Dominion of the Air • J. M. Bacon


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