I suppose we all of us know, or have known, the clever demagogue and the gasbags who are very good talkers and very poor workers.
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Thegasbaghas now been lengthened and the stabilising gear altered.
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The extension of thegasbagwas allowed, and when this was done it was ready for real experimental work.
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Whenever you suspend the airship without gasbags in her, you may stress the material badly, and one day you may have an accident.
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The outer balloon represents the airship's outer envelope orgasbag; the red inner balloon represents the ballonet.
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These problems were addressed by initially increasing the gas capacity by letting out thegasbagwiring system, followed by the insertion of an extra bay.
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This caused the gasbags to foul the framework, the resulting chafing causing the gasbags to be holed in many places.
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The few internal combustion engined vehicles present, often ran on town gas stored in gasbags on roofs or wood/charcoal gas from gasifiers on trailers.
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Non-rigid dirigibles are characterized by a moderately aerodynamicgasbagwith stabilizing fins at the back.
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The ship remained suspended until the gasbags were inflated with hydrogen.
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He fired three drums of incendiary ammunition into the belly of thegasbagbefore it exploded into flame.
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Letting out the gasbags and the weight-saving measures were begun.
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Some gasbags were also fitted with a manually operated manoeuvering valve at the top.
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This describes a large rigidly-framed outer envelope containing several separate gasbags.
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However, this resulted in the structure extending further into the envelope, thereby limiting the size of the gasbags.
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