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Scientific American, Vol. 55, No. 16 (1886) (1886)

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ronaut, Mr. F. Lhoste, has twice in the past made a trip through the air from Boulogne to England, but these interesting A large number of stars emanated from this center, of from the 26th to the 29th of July, given by the expeditions could have been successful only through The phenomena lasted his… … ing it, the balloon’ was and taking in ballast, it is not Fig. 1—ROUTE TAKEN brought within 160 feet of the impossible to undertake long TO ENGLAND. waves without the loss of the balloon trips over the ocean. least amount of gas. Messrs. Lhoste and Mangot have been good enough to give us a complete…

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