Thus the Victoria found herself balanced, and her ascensional force insufficient to raise her.    From Wordnik.com.  [Five Weeks in a Balloon] Reference

Fashion, and the ascensional movement of Paris toward the Arc de Triomphe, had come to seek him.    From Wordnik.com.  [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference

It was ascertained, moreover, that the load was 10,560 pounds, and the ascensional effort 45,100 pounds.    From Wordnik.com.  [Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War] Reference

The hammer, which is fixed to this piston by a rod, has therefore an ascensional force of 88,000 pounds.    From Wordnik.com.  [Scientific American Supplement, No. 488, May 9, 1885] Reference

When brought still lower, its ascensional force increased and the front of the aerobike pitched downward.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Bill-Toppers] Reference

The ascensional movement did not cease until the “Go-Ahead” had reached a height of fourteen thousand feet.    From Wordnik.com.  [Robur the Conqueror] Reference

“Go-Ahead” was 40,000 cubic meters, the ascensional power of the gas she contained was 40,000 multiplied by 1,100 or.    From Wordnik.com.  [Robur the Conqueror] Reference

In a very little while, the gas expanded under the action of the heat, and the balloon took a very decided ascensional movement.    From Wordnik.com.  [Five Weeks in a Balloon] Reference

“Huzza!” roared Joe, as the balloon — thanks to its ascensional force — shot up higher into the sky, with increased rapidity.    From Wordnik.com.  [Five Weeks in a Balloon] Reference

At this moment the ascensional force of the balloon increased prodigiously, and Ferguson, Kennedy, and Joe, waved a last good-by to their friends.    From Wordnik.com.  [Five Weeks in a Balloon] Reference

But the management of two balloons would, necessarily, be very difficult, in view of the problem how to keep them both at an equal ascensional force.    From Wordnik.com.  [Five Weeks in a Balloon] Reference

The doctor was aware that, by the loss of the hydrogen in the first balloon, the ascensional force at his disposal was now reduced to about nine hundred pounds.    From Wordnik.com.  [Five Weeks in a Balloon] Reference

The latest machines fitted with 100-120 horse-power Mercedes motors have a fine turn of speed, possess an enhanced ascensional effort, and are far simpler to control.    From Wordnik.com.  [Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War] Reference

The ascensional rudder or screw-propeller, which was able to impart a speed of thirty miles an hour to the machine, was in the extension of the horizontal bar of the frame.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Bill-Toppers] Reference

If I augment the temperature by 180 degrees, the gas will dilate 180480 and will displace 16,740 cubic feet more, and its ascensional force will be augmented by 1,600 pounds.    From Wordnik.com.  [Five Weeks in a Balloon] Reference

The rapid ascensional capability of the airship, as compared with that of the aeroplane, is a disadvantage, but on the other hand, the superior mobility and speed of the aeroplane would tell decisively for success.    From Wordnik.com.  [Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War] Reference

But hydrogen possesses an ascensional force estimated at 1,100 grams per cubic meter.    From Wordnik.com.  [Robur the Conqueror] Reference

It was necessary to increase the ascensional power to prevent her falling into the sea.    From Wordnik.com.  [Robur the Conqueror] Reference

The ascensional movement did not cease until the "Go-Ahead" had reached a height of fourteen thousand feet.    From Wordnik.com.  [Robur the Conqueror] Reference

And as the capacity of the "Go-Ahead" was 40,000 cubic meters, the ascensional power of the gas she contained was.    From Wordnik.com.  [Robur the Conqueror] Reference

His second machine, built in the early spring of 1899, held over 7,000 cubic feet of gas and gave a further 44 lbs. of ascensional force.    From Wordnik.com.  [A History of Aeronautics] Reference

It seemed perfectly motionless, and, consequently, the travellers knew that it must be animated by the same ascensional movement as themselves.    From Wordnik.com.  [All Around the Moon] Reference

It is the natural and universal tendency of mankind to ascend, he declared; a high birth-rate and a strong ascensional impulse are mutually contradictory.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Task of Social Hygiene] Reference

Nevertheless, while we were speaking we were still ascending; we passed the whole night going up, or to speak more scientifically, in an ascensional motion.    From Wordnik.com.  [Voyage au centre de la terre. English] Reference

An extreme ascensional power was communicated to the aeronef, and she shot up slantingly as if she was traveling on a plane sloping downwards from the southwest.    From Wordnik.com.  [Robur the Conqueror] Reference

All that I can remember is, that on every ascensional motion, we were hoisted up with ever increasing velocity, as if we had been launched from a huge projectile.    From Wordnik.com.  [Voyage au centre de la terre. English] Reference

But, as the Spider climbs, the float becomes shorter in proportion; and the time comes when a balance is struck between the ascensional force of the thread and the weight carried.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Life of the Spider] Reference

“Listen, my friends: I have calculated very exactly the amount of ascensional force left to us, and it is sufficient to carry us every one with the few objects that remain.    From Wordnik.com.  [Five Weeks in a Balloon] Reference

The ascensional movement suddenly ceased.    From Wordnik.com.  [Voyage au centre de la terre. English] Reference

In 1845 came Cossus and his ascensional screws.    From Wordnik.com.  [Robur the Conqueror] Reference

Le Bris, Du Temple, Bright, whose ascensional screws were left-handed; Smythies, Panafieu, Crosnier, &c.    From Wordnik.com.  [Robur the Conqueror] Reference

Bréant, Carlingford, Le Bris, Du Temple, Bright, whose ascensional screws were left-handed; Smythies, Panafieu, Crosnier, &c.    From Wordnik.com.  [Robur the Conqueror] Reference