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 56
,Mi£^ … THE ASCENT OF CHARLESS BALLOON FROM THE CHAMP DE MARK. SECOND EXPERIMENT. 41 his two assistants to construct a balloon of taffeta, twelvefeet in diameter, covered with india-rubber, and to inflate itwith hydrogen. The thing thus arranged, a subscription was opened.The projected experiment having…
Balloons · Balloon ascensions
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