Travels in space; a history of aerial navigation (1902)
Valentine, E. Seton, Tomlinson, F. L. · London Hurst and Blackett · leaf 48
sascent, two scientists, Rittenhouse and Hopkins, mem-bers of the Philosophical Academy of Philadelphia,constructed a machine, having forty-seven small hydro-gen balloons attached to a car, or cage. After somepreliminary trials of animals, and with a man in acaptive balloon, a carpenter named James… … A HISTORY OF AERIAL XAVIGATIOX. 31 of sas, and in the sudden descent dislocated his wrist.This was the first aerial voyage in the WesternHemisphere. As yet, notwithstanding the invention of the bal-loon, aerial navigation remained unattempted. Sofar, ascents had been made in captive balloons only…
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