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Parseval|ˈpɑːsɪvəl|
Also Parsefal.
[The name of the inventor, the German engineer August von Parseval (1861–1942).]
A type of non-rigid dirigible airship formerly in use in Germany.
[1908W. H. Story tr. Hildebrandt's Airships viii. 85 (caption) Major Parseval's dirigible balloon.] 1909Chambers's Jrnl. Oct. 660/2 At present the airship fleet consists of three Zeppelins, three Parsefals, and two Gross dirigibles. Ibid., It is of the Parsefal type. 1910C. C. Turner Aerial Navig. To-day xxiv. 295 The ‘Parseval’ is a non-rigid balloon with a cubic capacity of 190,000 cubic feet... It is rounded at the front and pointed at the rear. 1931C. St. J. Sprigg Airship viii. 106 In its final form the Parseval was not much smaller than the early Zeppelins, and was of a good streamline shape. Ibid. 110 Two of the Parseval type were built by Messrs. Vickers under licence. 1957Encycl. Brit. I. 465/1 Maj. August von Parseval in 1906 constructed for the German army the first in a series of some 28 Parseval pressure type airships which were built from that date until 1929. 1959J. A. Sinclair Famous Airships of World iii. 30 In Germany, Major von Parseval..in 1911 constructed the Parseval No. 3... The steel tube car carried 12 passengers. 1971R. Jackson Airships v. 112 On the outbreak of war, the Astra-Torres and the Parseval were immediately allocated to coastal patrol duties. |