aerostatic

The Leviathan was “aerostatic,” Service-speak for being the same density as the air around it.

LEVIATHAN MR. SCOTT WESTERFELD 2009

The Leviathan was “aerostatic,” Service-speak for being the same density as the air around it.

LEVIATHAN MR. SCOTT WESTERFELD 2009

Tomás Aguilar was a classmate who devoted his free time and his talent to the invention of wonderfully ingenious contraptions of dubious practicality, like the aerostatic dart or the dynamo spinning top.

Excerpt: Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon 2004

The production of this gas is easy, and it has given the greatest satisfaction hitherto in aerostatic experiments.

Five Weeks in a Balloon 2003

“You think, then, that aerostatic science has said its last word?”

Five Weeks in a Balloon 2003

“Let go!” shouted Uncle Prudent; and the “Go-Ahead” rose “majestically” — an adverb consecrated by custom to all aerostatic ascents.

Robur the Conqueror 2003

The “Go-Ahead” was the most perfect type of what had up to then been invented in aerostatic art — she was what an

Robur the Conqueror 2003

In 1783 Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette and the court took up a brief residence here to assist at the aerostatic experiences of De Rosier, and in 1787, ceasing to be a royal residence, La Muette was offered for sale after first having been stripped of its precious wainscotings, its marbles and the artistic curiosities of all sorts with which it had been decorated.

Royal Palaces and Parks of France Blanche McManus

Arago have put themselves to the trouble of examining the aerostatic feats of this aeronaut, and of examining the results of his observations.

Wonderful Balloon Ascents

But a little time afterwards Montgolfier's discoveries quite altered the conditions under which the aerostatic art was to be pursued.

Wonderful Balloon Ascents