Wonderful Balloon Ascents; Or, The Conquest of the Skies
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Text from Project Gutenberg eBook #899, in the public domain.
Chapters
- 1.Prefaceoriginal only · 5 min
- 2.Chapter I. Introductionoriginal only · 8 min
- 3.Chapter II. Attempts in Ancient Times to Fly in the Airoriginal only · 18 min
- 4.Chapter III. The Theory of Balloonsoriginal only · 13 min
- 5.Chapter IV. First Public Trial of the Balloonoriginal only · 5 min
- 6.Chapter V. Second Experimentoriginal only · 6 min
- 7.Chapter VI. Third Experimentoriginal only · 5 min
- 8.Chapter VII. Fourth Experimentoriginal only · 3 min
- 9.Chapter VIII. Men and Balloonsoriginal only · 7 min
- 10.Chapter IX. The First Aerial Voyage—Roziers and Arlandesoriginal only · 10 min
- 11.Chapter X. The Second Arial Voyageoriginal only · 14 min
- 12.Chapter I. The History of Aerostation from the Year 1783original only · 21 min
- 13.Chapter II. Experiments and Studies—Blanchard at Paris—Guyton de Morveau at Dijonoriginal only · 12 min
- 14.Chapter IIIoriginal only · 14 min
- 15.Chapter IVoriginal only · 9 min
- 16.Chapter V. First Aerial Voyage in England—Blanchard Crosses the Sea in a Balloonoriginal only · 8 min
- 17.Chapter VI. Zambeccari’s Perilous Trip Across the Adriatic Seaoriginal only · 7 min
- 18.Chapter VII. Garnerin—Parachutes—Aerostation at Public Fetesoriginal only · 6 min
- 19.Chapter VIII. Green’s Great Journey Across Europeoriginal only · 9 min
- 20.Chapter IX. The “Geant” Balloonoriginal only · 22 min
- 21.Chapter X. The Necrology of Aeronauticoriginal only · 14 min
- 22.Chapter I. Experiments of Robertson, Lhoest, Saccarof, &coriginal only · 12 min
- 23.Chapter II. Ascent of M. Gay-Lussac Alone—Excursions of MM. Barral and Bixiooriginal only · 4 min
- 24.Chapter III. Ascents of the Mssrs. Welsh, Glaisher and Coxwelloriginal only · 10 min
- 25.Chapter IV. Balloons Made Useful in Warfareoriginal only · 9 min
- 26.Advertisements in the back of the book:original only · 1 min