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 192
the side on which we invariablybumped, we experienced all the worst effects of the joltings. What a dizzy whirl ! What a succession of breathlessshocks ! What a strain on both muscles and nerves ! V>ythe least negligence or slip, or by the loss of presence of mindfor one moment, we should have… … M THE GEANT BALLOON. 179 and victim at the same time. Our flight is so rapid thatwe can only distinguish an occasional glimpse of anything.Far, far in the distance we distinguish an isolated tree.We approach it like lightning, and we break it as though itwere a straw. Two terrified horses, with…
Balloons · Balloon ascensions
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