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Definition of Aerostats
1. aerostat [n] - See also: aerostat
Lexicographical Neighbors of Aerostats
Literary usage of Aerostats
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Aërial Navigation by Frederick Walker (1902)
"aerostats. IN dealing with the subject of aerostats it is not within the scope
of this work to detail the older types of ordinary heated air and gas ..."
2. Aërial Navigation: A Practical Handbook on the Construction of Dirigible Ballons by C. E. Frederick Walker (1902)
"aerostats. IN dealing with the subject of aerostats it is not within the scope
of this work to detail the older types of ordinary heated air and gas ..."
3. All the Year Round by Charles Dickens (1873)
"It may be added that these government aerostats, each of which entailed an
expenditure of ... or the more bulky aerostats, the ascent of which, from Paris, ..."