Ferris, Richard. [from old catalog] · New York, T. Nelson and sons · leaf 277
per hour. On N^ovember 17, 1836, Charles Green and MonckMason started on a voyage in the great balloon of theVauxhall Gardens. It was pear-shaped, 60 feethigh and 50 feet in diameter, and held 85,000 cubicfeet of gas. It was cut loose at half-past one in theafternoon, and in 3 hours had reached the… … Prof. T. S. C. Lowes mammoth balloon City of New York, a feature ofthe year 1860, in which it made many short voyages in the vicinity ofNew York and Philadelphia. BALLOONS. 277 ing the aeronauts descended a few miles from Weil-burg, in the Duchy of Nassau, having travelled about500 miles in 18…
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