Smithsonian Report, 1901. — Lyie. 



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The Air Ship " Santos Dumont V" circling the Eiffel Tower. 

 ""^l^P^i?^ together maii-.s two ways of getting into the air, the one from a centurs- iust closed 

 nl«tfnrr n'ftf ''''''''''^' ^""^ P^'Sl^nm^-' [The balloon was reall v no hi|hlr than X second 

 platform; but the camera, pointed upward, made it appear to be near thitop.] 



