Duchesne Record | 1913-08-08 | Page 3 | Safety at Great Altitudes

I L Sty Safety at Great Altitudes 1 a b r h. h SZ F p yA 1 Z h i A r Thirty five years ears ago three aeronauts of France ascended to an altitude of meters abo about t feet and the reaching of this height cost the lives of two of them A few days ago three other Frenchmen 1 In the balloon Icare attained an altitude of over meters meers nearly feet without I suffering BufferIng at all The latter ascent may be said sald to have been made on oxygen for tho the safety of the aeronauts was du due to the fact that they were equipped with a special breathing apparatus consisting of a container h having a capacity Df of 1600 liters of compressed oxygen a nose and mouth mask a pres pressure ure gauge and a regulating device The Illustration shows show two of the men wearIng wear wear- Ing this device