Up in the Clouds
by R. M. Ballantyne
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Language: English
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About this eBook
- Author
- Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael), 1825-1894
- Title
- Up in the Clouds: Balloon Voyages
- Credits
- Produced by Nick Hodson of London, England
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- TL: Technology: Motor vehicles, Aeronautics, Astronautics
- Subject
- Balloons
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 21708
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/21708
- Release Date
- June 6, 2007
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.Untitled
- 2."Up in the Clouds" — Chapter One. — Balloon Voyages. — Treats of Early Efforts to Fly, etcetera. — Chapter Two. — The First Balloons. — Chapter Three. — Early Attempts at Aerial Navigation. — Chapter Four. — The first Aerial Voyages made in Great Britain—Succeeding Ascents. — Chapter Five. — Parachutes. — Chapter Six. — Ascents by Messrs Glaisher and Coxwell. — Chapter Seven. — Account of Nadar’s Balloon, “Le Géant.” First Ascent. — Chapter Eight. — Second Ascent of Nadar’s “Giant” Balloon. — Chapter Nine. — War-Balloons. — Chapter Ten. — Aerial Locomotives, etcetera. — The End.
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