Bacon, Gertrude, 1874-1949 · New York, Dodd, Mead & company; [etc., etc.] · leaf 12
s stated, flew about a furlong from the topof a tower in Spain, another from St. Markssteeple in Venice, and another from Nurem- THE ORIGIN OF BALLOONING 13 burg. But the most successful attempt evermade in this direction was accomplished about200 years ago by a French locksmith of thename of… … Besnier and his Oars. then casting himself off from some high place,and violently working his arms and legs so asto buffet the air downwards with his paddles,he was able to raise himself by short stagesfrom one height to another, or skim lightlyover a field or river. It is said that subse-quently…
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