 Five thousand balloons, capable of raising two men each, could not cost more than five ships of the line; and where is the prince who can afford so to cover his country with troops for its defence, as that ten thousand men descending from the clouds might...  The Writings of Benjamin Franklin - Strana 88podľa Benjamin Franklin - 1906 - Počet stránok 703Úplné zobrazenie - O tejto knihe
 | 1942 - Počet stránok 124
...the line; and where is the prince who can afford so to cover his country with troops for its defense, as that ten thousand men descending from the clouds...a force could be brought together to repel them?" Before this, even before the invention of the balloon, Friar Joseph Galien proposed that with such... | |
 | 1943 - Počet stránok 988
...the line; and where is the prince who can afford so to cover his country with troops for its defense as that ten thousand men descending from the clouds...a force could be brought together to repel them?" 10 The wily Ben clearly saw the potential of airborne troops nearly one hundred and seventy-five years... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce - 1943 - Počet stránok 444
...where is the prince who can afford so to cover his country with troops for its defense as that 10,000 men descending from the clouds might not in many places...before a force could be brought together to repel them? He was expecting to carry the large number of two men per balloon. Mr. BOREN. He had the paratroop... | |
 | Bart Hagerman - 1990 - Počet stránok 522
...1784 he wrote: Where is the prince who can afford so to cover his country with troops for its defense, as that ten thousand men descending from the clouds...before a force could be brought together to repel them? The first to parachute, in this case from a balloon, was an Daedalus and his son ¡cants. From a Roman... | |
 | United States. Joint Chiefs of Staff - 1995 - Počet stránok 114
...where is the prince who can afford so to cover his country with troops for its defense as that 10,000 men descending from the clouds might not in many places...a force could be brought together to repel them." Benjamin Franklin Letter to Jan Ingenhousz, 1784 1. General This chapter provides appropriate guidelines... | |
 | Steven J. Mrozek - 1997 - Počet stránok 206
...Where is the prince who can afford so to cover his country with troops for its defense, as that 10,000 men descending from the clouds might not, in many...before a force could be brought together to repel them? Benjamin Franklin ( 1 784) THE ALL-AMERICAN PARATROOPER The notion of elite fighting forces is by no... | |
 | James Charlton - 2002 - Počet stránok 204
...JOHNSON And where is the Prince who can afford to so cover his country with troops for its defense, as that ten thousand men descending from the clouds,...before a force could be brought together to repel them? BENJAMIN FRANKLIN And in the air are no streets, no channels, no point where one can say of an antagonist,... | |
 | Bernd Horn, Michel Wyczynski - 2003 - Počet stránok 377
...Canadian Airborne Capability CHAPTER ONE Deep Battle — The Maturation of the Concept of Airborne Warfare Where is the Prince who can afford so to cover his...before a force could be brought together to repel them? Benjamin Franklin, 17847 Benjamin Franklin wrote these prescient words to a friend after witnessing... | |
 | Herman Hattaway - 2004 - Počet stránok 272
...Publications (History Group), copyright American History Illustrated. country with troops for its defense as that ten thousand men descending from the clouds...before a force could be brought together to repel them? Franklin accurately forecast several military applications for balloons, "such as elevating an engineer... | |
 | Carlo D'Este - 2003 - Počet stránok 884
...prescient 1784 quote by Benjamin Franklin that "ten thousand men descending from the clouds . . . [would] do an infinite deal of mischief before a force could be brought together to repel them."11 Numerous plans (some ill conceived by an untried and inexperienced staff) to employ an airborne... | |
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