Democratic Sentinel, Volume 13, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 March 1889 — Gas far Balloons. [ARTICLE]

Gas far Balloons.

In the new method for obtaining gas for balloons the hvorogen s gotten by heating slak d l m and powdered zinc, to be inclos d in the cart; id res for safe transportation; by heating this cartridge in an apparatus provided for the purpose, hydrogen gas is obtained in sufficient quantities to inflate an ordinary militaiy balloon in three hours.