The respect type of airship construction comprises in essence a surface longitudinal series of members (wires) always in tension, with the resilient reaction carried by an axial longitudinal member in compression.nAn examination of the design, so far as it is developed or described in the report by Robison and Steinman fails, to furnish any convincing demonstration of these claimed advantages or indeed to provide any reasonable Na is for a satisfactory comparison with airships of the Zeppelin type of the same size.
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