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... he Is preparing to excel that country In lighterthan-alr craft For the world’s biggest Zeppelin— two... Ferdinand Zeppelin for whom It Is named conceived tho Idea of building a rigid ship while he was serving... the Fmnco-I'rna-slnn war Zeppelin dbserved the use of free balloons which flew over Paris during the siege... and In 1800 he retired from the army to devote tho rest of his life to thnt work Zeppelin built his first ship... and America and he died In 1017 By this time the Zeppelin corporation bad grown to be one of the greatest