to release the folds during the ascent; and as we could not give up 

 the envelope, we were obliged instead to give up the net. It was 

 therefore necessary to suspend the car directly to the envelope by 

 means of a belt. (Fig. i. Plates i and 2.) Here arose a difficulty of 



a. 

 h. 



Fig. I. The stratospheric balloon FNRS 



Valve e- Necks 



Ripping panel f. Attachment of cabin to the envelope 



Ground-manoeuvring band g. Car 



d. Load-bearing band 



a new order. I had chosen Augsburg as the point of departure because 

 it was there that the balloon had been constructed by Riedinger. 

 Augsburg besides had the advantage of being distant from the sea 



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