How Are Airships More Useful Than Helicopters?

Airships like the blimp and dirigible may not be dead yet.

American scientists and industrial executives are now studying the possibility of using these vessels for the hauling of heavy machinery and prefabricated structures.

Helicopters can carry no more than a 16-ton load, while the gas-inflated airships could hoist as much as a 60-ton load, at a cost far lower than any other form of transportation.

Despite the fact that the jew's harp has to be held between the teeth and its tone modulated by movements of the mouth, Charles Eulenstein of Germany could play 16 in different keys at one time.

The 19th-century virtuoso accomplished this feat by fastening the instruments to a stand on a level with his lips.

The largest litter ever thrown was 23, by a fox-hound called Lena, on February 11, 1945.

The Buddhist saint, Dengyo Daishi, crossed the sea to Japan in 805 A.D. and planted tea seeds in a temple garden.

The plants flourished.

In 815 A.D., the Japanese Emperor, Saga, was entertained at a monastery.

He liked the tea so well he decreed that the plants be cultivated in the provinces near his capital.

By the 10th century, Japan was growing her own tea instead of importing it from China.

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