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Airopaidia : $b Containing the narrative of a balloon excursion from Chester, the eighth of September, 1785, taken from minutes made during the voyage; hints on the improvement of balloons ... To which is subjoined, mensuration of heights by the barometer, made plain; with extensive tables. The whole serving as an introduction to aërial navigation.Baldwin, Thomas

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Airopaidia : $b Containing the narrative of a balloon excursion from Chester, the eighth of September, 1785, taken from minutes made during the voyage; hints on the improvement of balloons ... To which is subjoined, mensuration of heights by the barometer, made plain; with extensive tables. The whole serving as an introduction to aërial navigation.

Name: Airopaidia : $b Containing the narrative of a balloon excursion from Chester, the eighth of September, 1785, taken from minutes made during the voyage; hints on the improvement of balloons ... To which is subjoined, mensuration of heights by the barometer, made plain; with extensive tables. The whole serving as an introduction to aërial navigation.
Author: Baldwin, Thomas

Baldwin, Thomas

Aeronautics -- Early works to 1900; Balloons -- Early works to 1800

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382. The decimal Points in the Answer must be changed, thus:

1. For the Place of _Thousands_ in the Question, (viz. 4000,) the
Answer must remain, viz. 106.92, as in the Table, which is calculated
for the Place of _Thousands_.

2. For the Place of _Hundreds_, in the Question, (viz. which in the
present Case was a Cypher;) if there had been a Figure or Figures in
the Place of hundreds; then the decimal Point in the Answer must have
been removed over _one_ Figure or Place to the left.

3. For the Place of _Tens_, in the Question, (viz. 10 Feet,) the
decimal Point in the Answer, must be removed over _two_ Figures, or
Places, to the left.

4. For the Place of _Units_, in the Question, (viz. 6) the decimal
Point in the Answer, must be removed over _three_ Figures, or Places,
to the left.

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