Word: ballast
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...future is much more the concern of youth than of their elders. Youth, we are told, is in revolt. I sincerely hope so. The youth who in normal times is satisfied with the achievements of his parents and forbears is at the best ballast which adds nothing to the propelling power of his ship. But the youth who is satisfied with the world as he finds it today is a menace and had better be overboard...
...round the gas bag is the load ring from which are suspended a series of cables holding the basket; the basket much resembles a housewife's market basket- only much bigger, some 3% feet high, 3 feet wide and 3% feet long. In the basket are ballast, instruments, warm clothing, food, water, coffee, sterno. The balloonists are comfortable, though slightly cramped for long flights...
...most: favorable. Suppose a balloon im equilibrium at a certain height. The: sun may come out, heat the hydrogen, contained within the gas, cause it to rise too high. The unskilled pilot: may let out gas in too much of a hurry, drop rapidly, throw out too- much ballast to check his descent, shoot up and lose more gas. "Bobbing up and down," he soon exhausts both gas and ballast and must land, throwing out food, instruments, clothing-a disgraceful sight. This year's elimination race was held under exceptionally favorable circumstances, with a steady, strong wind almost...
...exactly a pirate brig, despite its swashbuckling title. But a chipper little schooner with plenty of saltwater stories aboard, a ballast of saline humor and a cargo of vocabularies like smelted slag...
...airship must drop ballast under conditions beyond the captain's control, is it to be held responsible for any damage done...