Wonderful Balloon Ascents chronicles humanity’s first leave-taking of the ground: the Montgolfiers’ paper globe over Annonay, the first aeronauts of 1783, crossings of the Channel, catastrophes and rescues, and the scientific ascents that carried barometers — and once nearly killed their passengers — miles into the thinning air.
Written under the pen-name Fulgence Marion with true French relish, it is the conquest of the skies as the nineteenth century thrilled to it. Download the free EPUB and go up with the pioneers.