Wonderful Balloon Ascents

Wonderful Balloon Ascents

Camille Flammarion, French astronomer and author (1842-1925)


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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