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 70
f the castle, thewindows, and even the roofs of the houses, were crowdedwith spectators. The noblest, the most illustrious, andmost learned men in France were present, and the splen-dour of the scene was complete when their majestiesand the royal family entered within the enclosure, and wentforward… … ASCENT OF THE 19TH SEPTEMBER, 1783, AT VERSAILLES. FOURTH EXPERIMENT. 55 unfolding, gradually swelled to its full size, and then, drawingafter it the cage, in which a sheep and some pigeons wereenclosed, rose majestically into the air. Without inter-ruption, it ascended to a vast height, where,…
Balloons · Balloon ascensions
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