Wonderful Balloon Ascents
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Wonderful Balloon Ascents
Camille Flammarion, French astronomer and author (1842-1925)
This ebook presents «Wonderful Balloon Ascents», from Camille Flammarion. A dynamic table of contents enables to jump directly to the chapter selected.
Table of Contents
- About This Book
- Preface
- Part I. The Conquest Of The Skies
- Chapter I. Introduction
- Chapter Ii. Attempts In Ancient Times To Fly In The Air
- Chapter Iii. The Theory Of Balloons
- Chapter Iv. First Public Trial Of The Balloon
- Chapter V. Second Experiment
- Chapter Vi. Third Experiment
- Chapter Vii. Fourth Experiment
- Chapter Viii. Men And Balloons
- Chapter Ix. The First Aerial Voyage-roziers And Arlandes
- Chapter X. The Second Aerial Voyage
- Part Ii. The History Of The Aerostation From The Year 1783
- Chapter I. The Open Route
- Chapter Ii. Experiments And Studies
- Chapter Iii. Experiments In Montgolfierès
- Chapter Iv. Serio-comic Aspect Of The Subject
- Chapter V. First Aerial Voyage In England
- Chapter Vi. Zambeccari's Perilous Trip Across The Adriatic Sea
- Chapter Vii. Garnerin
- Chapter Viii. Green's Great Journey Across Europe
- Chapter Ix. The Géant Balloon
- Chapter X. The Necrology Of Aeronautics
- Part Iii. Scientific Experiments-applications Of Ballooning
- Chapter I. Experiments Of Robertson, Lhoest, Saccarof, Andc
- Chapter Ii. Ascent Of M. Gay-lussac Alone
- Chapter Iii. The Ascents Of Messrs - Welsh, Glaisher, And Coxwell
- Chapter Iv. Balloons Made Useful In Warfare