Wonderful Balloon Ascents; Or, The Conquest of the Skies / A History of Balloons and Balloon Voyages
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Chapters (41)
- WONDERFUL BALLOON ASCENTS or, the Conquest of the Skies
- A History of Balloons and Balloon Voyages
- 1870
- PREFACE
- List of Illustrations
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- BALLOONS AND AIR JOURNEYS.
- PART I. THE CONQUEST OF THE SKIES.—1783.
- Chapter I. Introduction.
- Chapter II. Attempts in Ancient Times to Fly in the Air.
- Chapter III. The Theory of Balloons.
- Chapter IV. First Public Trial of the Balloon.
- (Montgolfier’s Balloon Annonay, 5th of June of 1783.)
- Chapter V. Second Experiment.
- (Charles’s Balloon, Paris, Champ de Mars, 27th of August, 1783.)
- Chapter VI. Third Experiment.
- (Montgolfier’s Balloon, Paris, Faubourg St. Antoine.)
- Chapter VII. Fourth Experiment.
- (Versailles, 19th September, 1783, in presence of Louis of XVI.)
- Chapter VIII. Men and Balloons.
- Chapter IX. The First Aerial Voyage—Roziers and Arlandes.
- Chapter X. The Second Arial Voyage.
- (1st December 1783.—Charles and Robert at the Tuileries.)
- PART II.
- Chapter I. The History of Aerostation from the Year 1783.
- Chapter II. Experiments and Studies—Blanchard at Paris—Guyton de Morveau at Dijon.
- Chapter III.
- Chapter IV.
- Chapter V. First Aerial Voyage in England—Blanchard Crosses the Sea in a Balloon.
- Chapter VI. Zambeccari’s Perilous Trip Across the Adriatic Sea.
- Chapter VII. Garnerin—Parachutes—Aerostation at Public Fetes.
- Chapter VIII. Green’s Great Journey Across Europe.
- Chapter IX. The “Geant” Balloon.
- Chapter X. The Necrology of Aeronautic
- PART III. Scientific Experiments—Applications of Ballooning.
- Chapter I. Experiments of Robertson, Lhoest, Saccarof, &c.
- Chapter II. Ascent of M. Gay-Lussac Alone—Excursions of MM. Barral and Bixio.
- Chapter III. Ascents of the Mssrs. Welsh, Glaisher and Coxwell.
- Chapter IV. Balloons Made Useful in Warfare.
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