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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 56

An illustration from 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, leaf 56
oon ; and the two travellers were much delighted withtheir reception. Monday, July 5, 1802, I saw M. Garnerin ascend again in a long balloon, from Marylebone: he descended at (hingford. The voyage was performed during rain, which, T remember, much impeded the view of the spectators. B. M. Forster,… … The following is from the proces verbal of this ex-periment :— From the extreme density of the clouds the balloon wasout of sight in three minutes after the cords were cut, and gaz-ing on the wide expanse, they left one of the most immensemultitudes ever assembled in the metropolis.…

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