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Wonderful Balloon Ascents

by Fulgence Marion

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  1. 1Preface
  2. 2Balloons and Air Journeys — Part I. The Conquest of the Skies — 1783
  3. 3Chapter II — Attempts in Ancient Times to Fly in the Air
  4. 4Chapter III — The Theory of Balloons
  5. 5Chapter IV — First Public Trial of the Balloon
  6. 6Chapter V — Second Experiment
  7. 7Chapter VI — Third Experiment
  8. 8Chapter VII — Fourth Experiment
  9. 9Chapter VIII — Men and Balloons
  10. 10Chapter IX — The First Aerial Voyage — Roziers and Arlandes
  11. 11Chapter X — The Second Arial Voyage
  12. 12Part II
  13. 13Chapter II — Experiments and Studies — Blanchard at Paris — Guyton…
  14. 14Chapter III — Experiment in Montgolfiers — Roziers and Proust — The…
  15. 15Chapter IV
  16. 16Chapter V — First Aerial Voyage in England — Blanchard Crosses the…
  17. 17Chapter VI — Zambeccari’s Perilous Trip Across the Adriatic Sea
  18. 18Chapter VII — Garnerin — Parachutes — Aerostation at Public Fetes
  19. 19Chapter VIII — Green’s Great Journey Across Europe
  20. 20Chapter IX — The “Geant” Balloon
  21. 21Chapter X — The Necrology of Aeronautic
  22. 22Part III. Scientific Experiments — Applications of Ballooning
  23. 23Chapter II — Ascent of M. Gay-Lussac Alone — Excursions of MM. Barr…
  24. 24Chapter III — Ascents of the Mssrs. Welsh, Glaisher and Coxwell
  25. 25Chapter IV — Balloons Made Useful in Warfare

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