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 228
d observations which I must make. I raised myself tothe full length of the cord, a height of 1,500 feet, and atthis height, with the help of a glass, I could distinctly seethe seven bends of the river Seine. On returning to theearth, I received the compliments of the Commission. Arrived at… … VMF.NT OF A BALLOON AT Till I.ATTLE OF FLEUKLb. BALLOONS MADE USE OF IN WARFARE. 215 works which the Austrians had thrown up during the night,or in the arrangement of their forces. On the fifth day apiece of cannon had been brought to bear upon theballoon, and shots were fired at me as soon as I…
Balloons · Balloon ascensions
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