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Updated: June 22, 2025
Coxwell's experiments at Aldershot in 1862 the military balloon, as far as England was concerned, remained in abeyance for nine long years, when the Government appointed a Commission to enquire into its utility, and to conduct further experiments. Yet another nine years, however, elapsed before much more was heard of this modernised military engine.
'And don't you tumble down and break the bottle, Dandy. Accidents with spirit-bottles are not excused. Dandy went on the errand, after an energetic grunt. In due time he returned with the bottle, whole and sound, and Mr. Coxwell's compliments. Mrs. Mel examined the cork to see that no process of suction had been attempted, and then said: 'Carry it up to him, Dandy.
Coxwell's statement, if silk were employed, the preparation and manufacture would occupy six months and cost not less than L2,000. The fabric chosen was a sort of American cloth, and by unremitting efforts the task was performed to time, and the balloon forwarded to Wolverhampton, its dimensions being 55 feet in diameter, 80 feet in height from the ground, with a capacity of 93,000 cubic feet.
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