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 84
om the river, I answered. I turned to see where we were, and found we werebetween the Ecole Militaire and the Invalides. We are getting on, said Roziers. Yes, we are travelling. Let us work, let us work, said he. I now heard another report in the machine, which Ibelieved was produced by the… … VLLOON UARLAND Cr.O SING PAKIS. P 2 THE FIRST AERIAL VOYAGE. 69 It must descend, I then cried. Why ? Look ! I said. At the same time I took my spongeand quietly extinguished the little fire that was burning someof the holes within my reach ; but at the same moment Iperceived that the bottom of the…
Balloons · Balloon ascensions
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