Chapter

 1 II    | received a heavy order for the silk required for the body of
 2 VII   |       a strong but light Lyons silk, coated with gutta percha.
 3 VII   |   acids and gas perfectly. The silk was doubled, at the upper
 4 VII   |         and a light but strong silk ladder fifty feet in length.~
 5 XII   |       rope and secured it. The silk ladder was then lowered
 6 XVI   |     cavities would form in the silk of the balloon as the wind
 7 XVII  |   suffered from the storm; the silk and the gutta percha had
 8 XX    |      skill, this time, for the silk of our balloon could not
 9 XXXII |      them. They would tear the silk covering that sustains us,
10 XXXII |       of something rending the silk, and the car seemed to sink
11 XXXIII|    They had to tear the strong silk away piece by piece, and
12 XXXIV |       and the reeds chafed the silk so roughly that it seemed
13 XLI   |        is escaping through the silk.”~“How can we prevent that?”~“
14 XLIII |      air, and the folds of the silk rustled and grated on each