Travels in space; a history of aerial navigation (1902)
Valentine, E. Seton, Tomlinson, F. L. · London Hurst and Blackett · leaf 156
made a voyageof 250 miles in five hours. He started one night athalf-past II oclock (June 15th, 1857) from the Pavilion A HISTORY OF AERIAL NAVIGATION. 137 Garden, North Woolwich, and descended some threemiles beyond Tavistock, Devonshire, just on theborders of Cornwall. So swift was the journey… … LETUR AND HIS APPARATCS. at it until the Devonshire papers were publishedgiving an account of the voyage. At NewtonAbbot the balloon was believed to be a fearfulcomet; a panic was imminent, which was stopped bythe railway guard, who announced that the aerialvisitor was Mr. Coxwells balloon. The…
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