A voyage in space; a course of six lectures "adapted to a juvenile auditory" delivered at the Royal Institution at Xmas 1913 (1915)
Turner, Herbert Hall, 1861-1930 · London Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge · leaf 95
ted that the eggshatched out on the way down and flew away ! Here you see that wonderful modern achievementcalled looping the loop. But, with all our admirationfor aeroplanes, we must not forget that in the old days 74 A VOYAGE IN SPACE balloonists did some extraordinarily plucky things.There is a… … balloon travelling above the clouds, with wonderfulsunrise effects. Sometimes the balloonists saw theirown shadow thrown on the clouds : and on one occa-sion, in 1866, they saw a great shower of meteors.But the most exciting occasion was when they got 1 Bentley, London, 1871. New edition, 1880.…
Astronomy -- Juvenile literature
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