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Up in the Clouds: Balloon Voyages

by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne

EN·~2 hours·10 chapters

Chapters

10 total

Chapter One. - Balloon Voyages. - Treats of Early Efforts to Fly, etcetera.

20:22

Chapter Two. - The First Balloons.

10:13

Chapter Three. - Early Attempts at Aerial Navigation.

11:31

Chapter Four. - The first Aerial Voyages made in Great Britain—Succeeding Ascents.

10:59

Chapter Five. - Parachutes.

10:16

Chapter Six. - Ascents by Messrs Glaisher and Coxwell.

25:08

Chapter Seven. - Account of Nadar’s Balloon, “Le Géant.” First Ascent.

15:53

Chapter Eight. - Second Ascent of Nadar’s “Giant” Balloon.

28:04

Chapter Nine. - War-Balloons.

7:08

Chapter Ten. - Aerial Locomotives, etcetera.

16:08

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Duration

~2 hours (149K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

Produced by Nick Hodson of London, England

Release date

2007-06-06

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

Source

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/21708

Subjects

Balloons TL

About the author

R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne

1825–1894

Best known for classic adventure stories such as The Coral Island, this Scottish writer drew on real travel and working life to give his tales energy, danger, and a strong sense of place. He wrote for young readers, but his stories still carry the pull of exploration and survival.

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