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 197
withhydrogen gas, he suspended a Montgolfierc, or a balloonfilled with hot air from a fire. ]t is difficult to understandwhat was his precise object in making this combination, forhis ideas seem to have been confused upon the subject. It i8: WONDERFUL BALLOON ASCENTS. is probable that, by the… … Pilatre des Roziers. might, he probably supposed, be so regulated as to enablehim to rise or fall at will. This mixed system has been justly blamed. It wassimply putting fire beside powder, said Professor Charlesto Roziers ; but the latter would not listen, and dependedfur everything on his own…
Balloons · Balloon ascensions
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