Wonderful ballon ascents : or, The conquest of the skies. A history of balloons and balloon voyages (1870)
Marion, Fulgence · New York : Cassell Petter & Galpin · leaf 122
aut was consequently com-pelled to have his machine partly re-fitted in great haste, andin the course of a few hours he mad the ascent alone inthe usual way. Blanchard should have known the useless-ness of oars, though he did not abandon their employment EXPERIMENTS AND STUDIES. I°5 in subsequent… … rjlanchards Ascent (Caricature). For my sake, my good friend, reflect; calculate wellbefore you employ oars. Oars must either be great orsmall ; if great, they will be heavy; if small, it will benecessary to move them with great rapidity. I know nosufficient means of guidance, except in the…
Balloons · Balloon ascensions
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