Ferris, Richard. [from old catalog] · New York, T. Nelson and sons · leaf 273
e his friend to reach theshore, an upward current of wind caught them andwith great difficulty they landed near Calais. Thefeat was highly lauded and a monument in marblewas erected on the spot to perpetuate the record ofthe achievement. De Rozier lost his life soon after in the effort toduplicate… … BALLOONS. 273 tervals. Unfortunately, the exuding of the hydrogenas the balloons rose formed an explosive mixture withthe air he was rising through, and it was drawn tohis furnace, and an explosion took place which blewthe entire apparatus into fragments at an altitude ofover 1,000 feet. Count…
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