Our boys; what they can do and how to do it (1893)
Stoddart, William, [from old catalog] comp · New York, Hunt & Eaton; Cincinnati, Cranston & Curts · leaf 18
ife while making a similar attempt from Bou-logne. Toward the middle of the year 1845 a man by the name ofComaschi, from Boulogne, set out with his balloon from Con-stantinople. He was seen to take his course to the ocean,but was never again heard of. On the 7th of October, 1849,an aeronaut who had… … Courage and bravery always call forth applause, but theydemand so much the more admiration when they are inspiredby disinterested sentiments, by noble aims, by the love of sci-ence or patriotism. Of such a nature were the deeds of twoaeronauts of the siege of Paris—M. Prince, the sailor, and…
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