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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War by Frederick A. Talbot: themselves were placed about 5,1OO feet distant. Owing to the
inclement weather the balloons were unable to attain a height of
more than 200 feet in a direct vertical line above the ground.
The guns were trained and fired, but the one balloon was not hit
until the second round, while the third escaped injury until the
fifth round. When struck they collapsed instantly. Though the
test was not particularly conclusive, and afforded no reliable
data, one point was ascertained--the trail of smoke emitted by
the shell enabled its trajectory to be followed with ease. Upon
the conclusion of these trials, which were the most successful
recorded, quick-firing tests in the horizontal plane were carried
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