Annals of some remarkable aërial and alpine voyages, including those of the author : to which are added, observations on the partial deafness to which aerial and mountain travellers are liable, and an essay on the flight and migration of birds, the whole being intended as supplementary to "Researches about atmospheric phenomena" (1832)
Forster, T.(Thomas),1789-1860 · London : Keating and Brown · leaf 38
ts of the sunon the earth and water beneath, they gave a grandeur tothe whole scene which no fancy can describe. I againbetook myself to my oar, in order to descend; and by thehard labour of fifteen or twenty minutes, I accomplishedmy design, when my strength was nearly exhausted. Myprincipal care… … 20 The reader will observe that one ol the difficulties oflanding-, when anv wind blows, arises from the concussion olthe car on the ground, and even if that be avoided, the windblowing the balloon, while the car remains on the ground, isliable to drag it along, as the foregoing figure of the…
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