The Serious Work of Balloons, 1916
Reported in Scientific American, This Week in World War I: February 12, 1916. The cover of the February 12, 1916, issue of Scientific American has an image of a military balloon: “Hauling a French observation balloon to a new signalling post.” The balloon in question is a Parseval-Sigsfeld kite balloon, first introduced in Germany in 1896, but used by all armies involved in the First World War...