Observation balloon
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Title (Dublin Core)
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Observation balloon
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Article Title and/or Image Caption (Dublin Core)
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Spotting the Submarines From the Observation Balloon
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Caption: Observer slides down after looking all day from a
kite balloon for submarines and other hostile craft
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THE man who, in his youth was adept
at climbing ropes, performing on the
trapeze and in indulging in other acro-
batic feats
finds limitless
field for the
use of his skill
in this war.
Here we have
a French ob-
servation-bal-
loonist sliding
down a rope
from his basket
to a steamer
that has been
towing him
around. A
hard day's
work has just
been com-
pleted. He
has been look-
ing for sub-
marines in
English wa-
ters, directing
the work of
destroyers,
and otherwise
acting as a
lookout. It is
climb around
in rigging ad-
justing ap-
paratus, slide down ropes, strain eyes
out over wide stretches of water,
and operate delicate wireless apparatus
all day long. The responsibility and
strain are great, and it needs a man
in tip-top condition and with a natural
aptitude to do the job.
Both armies and navies of practically
all the countries at war use observation
balloons in great number. They are in-
dispensable for finding out what opposing
forces are doing. The side temporarily
without balloons is blind. The observer's
job is one of the least
Spectacular and most
important in the
whole of the service,
and requires men fit
in every way.
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Language (Dublin Core)
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eng
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Date Issued (Dublin Core)
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1918-04
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pages (Bibliographic Ontology)
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578
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Rights (Dublin Core)
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Public Domain (Google digitized)
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Archived by (Dublin Core)
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Filippo Valle
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Alberto Bordignon (Supervisor)
Popular Science Monthly, v. 92, n. 4, 1918
