zeppelin
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The zeppelin design, which placed individual gas-filled containers within a rigidly framed outer envelope, was invented around the turn of the 20th century by Ferdinand von Zeppelin, a German aristocrat and general.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
In groundbreaking work published last year, the Harvard team deduced that the stellar halo is tilted and elliptical in shape, like a zeppelin or football.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 10, 2023
And Harper asks viewers to hurt themselves suspending their disbelief, most notably in an action sequence where Rachel jumps out of a plane and lands on a zeppelin called The Locker.
From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2023
An ovoid-shaped airship calls to mind a 1920s-era zeppelin, although Vermette explains, “It’s basically an armadillo that’s been squashed.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 11, 2022
Their talk was all of the zeppelin and its passenger.
From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman
German zeppelins had been filled with hydrogen from the beginning, and, by 1937, after hundreds of commercial flights, boasted a perfect safety record.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
The German military utilized zeppelins as early as 1915 to fly to London and bomb the city.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022
In Scotland it became useful as a reconnaissance plane to protect the Forth coastline and Rosyth dockyard against German zeppelins.
From BBC ● Nov. 14, 2022
A museum devoted to zeppelins, plus an actual zeppelin high in the sky.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 24, 2022
The gyropters were faster than zeppelins, but they were still some way behind.
From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman
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