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Additional Plans for Aerial Ship

[[image - drawing of Aerial Ship: air bag with car suspended below. smoke stack runs through a shaft in the air bag from the car to the top of the airbag]]

If necessary the smoke stack could pass through the envelope, the being a cylindrical hole for the purpose. To avoid all straining by twisting the portion of the stack, 1[[the portion of the stack between the car and the air bag]], could be asbestos cloth.

[[image - drawing of Aerial Ship: air bag with car suspended below. smoke stack runs aft parallel to the car until it is aft of the car.]]

Or the smoke could discharge into the mouth of a funnel connected with another pipe at, 1[[the smoke stack turns 90[[degree symbol]] aft and discharges into a funnel]], a rapid passage of air being kept up by the flight of the ship. But this is bad because the draft ceases when the ship stops.

Berlin, June 2, 1883