altitude

• Angular shapes were draped so gracefully that unsymmetrical sharpness disappeared; too ample forms exchanged their air of uncouth corpulence for a well-defined roundness; low statures seemed to spring up to a nobler altitude, and women of masculine height sunk into feminine proportions. —  Fairy Fingers A Novel
• No. It is the Law of Gravity which causes the density and pressure of a planet's atmosphere to decrease with altitude, and that decrease in pressure forces the balloon upwards until the balance point between atmospheric density and the internal density of the balloon is reached The illustration may seem obvious and elementary to the modern man, but it seems so only because he understands, at least to some extent, the laws involved. —  The Highest Treason
• There's a pint of beans, too, that by cookin' steady in this altitude ought to be done by spring. —  The Man from the Bitter Roots
• It was quite complete and we--or rather Slafe--recorded the thermometer and barometer readings as well as the wind direction and altitude, these to be later compared with others taken under normal conditions at the same hour Included in the gear were telescope and binoculars; these we put to our eyes only to realize with surprise that we were located in the center of a hollow bowl perhaps a hundred and fifty or two hundred feet across and that an horizon of upsurging vegetation cut off our view of anything except the sky itself. —  Greener Than You Think
• Given a sufficiently high altitude, the mere act of dropping through the air creates motion, and this motion will sustain flight An airplane is in no particular danger in the air if the motor stops--provided it is in an open stretch of country with plenty of fields. —  Opportunities in Aviation

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