A History of Balloons and Balloon Voyages
Reading edition
By F. Marion
1870
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CONTENTS
PREFACE
List of Illustrations
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.
Chapter V. Second Experiment.
Chapter VI. Third Experiment.
Chapter VII. Fourth Experiment.
Chapter VIII. Men and Balloons.
Chapter IX. The First Aerial Voyage—Roziers and Arlandes.
Chapter X. The Second Arial Voyage.
PART II.The History of Aerostation from the Year 1783.
Chapter I.
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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