Wonderful Balloon Ascents

About this eBook

Author

Marion, Fulgence

Title

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

Original Publication

1870

Credits

Produced by Dianne Bean, and David Widger

Language

English

LoC Class

TL: Technology: Motor vehicles, Aeronautics, Astronautics

Subject

Balloon ascensions

Category

Text

eBook-No.

899

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/899

Release Date

May 1, 1997

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.WONDERFUL BALLOON ASCENTS — or, the Conquest of the Skies
2. 2.A History of Balloons and Balloon Voyages
3. 3.By F. Marion — 1870
4. 4.PREFACE
5. 5.List of Illustrations — Click on any of the Illustrations
6. 6.BALLOONS AND AIR JOURNEYS.
7. 7.PART I. THE CONQUEST OF THE SKIES.—1783.
8. 8.Chapter I. Introduction.
9. 9.Chapter II. Attempts in Ancient Times to Fly in the Air.
10. 10.Chapter III. The Theory of Balloons.
11. 11.Chapter IV. First Public Trial of the Balloon. — (Montgolfier’s Balloon Annonay, 5th of June of 1783.)
12. 12.Chapter V. Second Experiment. — (Charles’s Balloon, Paris, Champ de Mars, 27th of August, 1783.)
13. 13.Chapter VI. Third Experiment. — (Montgolfier’s Balloon, Paris, Faubourg St. Antoine.)
14. 14.Chapter VII. Fourth Experiment. — (Versailles, 19th September, 1783, in presence of Louis of XVI.)
15. 15.Chapter VIII. Men and Balloons.
16. 16.Chapter IX. The First Aerial Voyage—Roziers and Arlandes.
17. 17.Chapter X. The Second Arial Voyage. — (1st December 1783.—Charles and Robert at the Tuileries.)
18. 18.PART II.
19. 19.Chapter I. The History of Aerostation from the Year 1783.
20. 20.Chapter II. Experiments and Studies—Blanchard at Paris—Guyton de Morveau at Dijon.
21. 21.Chapter III.
22. 22.Chapter IV.
23. 23.Chapter V. First Aerial Voyage in England—Blanchard Crosses the Sea in a Balloon.
24. 24.Chapter VI. Zambeccari’s Perilous Trip Across the Adriatic Sea.
25. 25.Chapter VII. Garnerin—Parachutes—Aerostation at Public Fetes.
26. 26.Chapter VIII. Green’s Great Journey Across Europe.
27. 27.Chapter IX. The “Geant” Balloon.
28. 28.Chapter X. The Necrology of Aeronautic
29. 29.PART III. Scientific Experiments—Applications of Ballooning.
30. 30.Chapter I. Experiments of Robertson, Lhoest, Saccarof, &c.
31. 31.Chapter II. Ascent of M. Gay-Lussac Alone—Excursions of MM. Barral and Bixio.
32. 32.Chapter III. Ascents of the Mssrs. Welsh, Glaisher and Coxwell.
33. 33.Chapter IV. Balloons Made Useful in Warfare.
34. 34.Advertisements in the back of the book: — Click on any items in the list below

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