Wonderful Balloon Ascents; Or, The Conquest of the Skies A History of Balloons and Balloon Voyages

WONDERFUL BALLOON ASCENTS - or, the Conquest of the Skies - A History of Balloons and Balloon Voyages

PREFACE

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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. - (Montgolfier’s Balloon Annonay, 5th of June of 1783.)

Chapter V. Second Experiment. - (Charles’s Balloon, Paris, Champ de Mars, 27th of August, 1783.)