ame coveredwith canvas with which he let himselfdrop from a high tower. In 1648, John Wilkins, Bishop ofChester, built a flying machine to bepropelled by steam which did not fly,and shortly afterward Cyrano deBergerac undertook to float away intospace by attaching air-bags to hisbody and allowing… … ONE OF THE FIRST MONTGOI.FIER BALLOONS the ground in the presence of the Royal Court at Lisbon. Thisstatement, however, is contradicted by the followers of Mont-golfier, who claim that a monk named Bartholomaus Laurenzomade some experiments along this line, and that twenty-five yearsafterwards…
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