Airopaidia
AIROPAIDIA: OR AËRIAL RECREATION.
Descriptions of the aërial Scenes are illustrated with ENGRAVINGS, by the best Masters: two of which are coloured.
The one, a circular View from the Balloon at its greatest Elevation; the City of Chester appearing in the Center.
The other, a Specimen of Balloon Geography: being a Prospect from above the Clouds, of the Country between Chester, and Warrington in Lancashire, with the Track of the Balloon in the Air .
A third represents the Balloon over Helsbye-Hill in Cheshire, with a beautiful View of the adjacent Country .
containing the NARRATIVE of a BALLOON EXCURSION from chester, the eighth of September, 1785, taken from minutes made during the Voyage: HINTS on the IMPROVEMENT of BALLOONS, and MODE of INFLATION by STEAM : MEANS to prevent their DESCENT over WATER: occasional ENQUIRIES into the STATE of the ATMOSPHERE, favouring their DIRECTION: with various philosophical OBSERVATIONS and CONJECTURES. to which is subjoined, MENSURATION of HEIGHTS by the BAROMETER, MADE PLAIN: with extensive TABLES. The whole serving as an introduction to AËRIAL NAVIGATION: with a copious INDEX.
By THOMAS BALDWIN, Esq. A. M.
- - - - - Addita navigiis sunt Multa. Lucretius De Rerum Nat. L. 5, V. 335.
Nihil perfectum simul ac inceptum.
Usus uni rei deditus, et naturam et artem sæpe vincit. Cicero.
CHESTER:
Printed for the Author, by J. Fletcher; and sold by W. Lowndes, No. 77, Fleet-street, London; J. Poole, Chester; and other Booksellers.
Thomas Baldwin
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AIROPAIDIA:
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER I.
CHAPTER II.
Preparations for the Voyage.
CHAPTER III.
ADDRESSED TO AIRONAUTS.
SIGNS TO BE OBSERVED, WHEN IN THE AIR.
SIGNS WHEREBY TO JUDGE WHETHER THE BALLOON IS RISING OR FALLING.
CHAPTER IV.
PREPARATIONS FOR ASCENT.
CHAPTER V.
ASCENT WITH 20lb. OF LEVITY.
CHAPTER VI.
BALLOON VERGING TO THE SEA.
CHAPTER VII.
OBJECTION REMOVED.
CHAPTER VIII.
CHAPTER IX.
OTHER AËRIAL SCENES DESCRIBED.
CHAPTER X.
CHAPTER XI.
CHAPTER XII.
CHAPTER XIII.
CHAPTER XIV.
CHAPTER XV.
CHAPTER XVI.
BALLOON DESCENDING.
CHAPTER XVII.
BALLOON STILL DESCENDING.
CHAPTER XVIII.
RE-ASCENT OF THE BALLOON.
CHAPTER XIX.
BALLOON STILL RE-ASCENDING.
CHAPTER XX.
CHAPTER XXI.
CHAPTER XXII.
BALLOON AT ITS GREATEST HEIGHT.
CHAPTER XXIII.
AIR WARMER ABOVE THAN BELOW.
CHAPTER XXIV.
BALLOON ABOVE THE INFLUENCE OF WATER.
CHAPTER XXV.
THIRD BALLOON-IRIS
CHAPTER XXVI.
SENSATIONS ACCOMPANYING THE BALLOON.
CHAPTER XXVII
USEFUL CONCLUSIONS.
CHAPTER XXVIII.
CHAPTER XXIX.
CHAPTER XXX.
CHAPTER XXXI.
CHAPTER XXXII.
CHAPTER XXXIII.
CHAPTER XXXIV.
THE SEQUEL.
CHAPTER XXXV.
CHAPTER XXXVI.
CHAPTER XXXVII.
OF THE WEATHER, IN THE VICINITY OF CHESTER, ABOUT THE TIME OF THE EXCURSION.
CHAPTER XXXVIII.
ON CERTAIN APPEARANCES AT DIFFERENT ALTITUDES OF THE BALLOON.
CHAPTER XXXIX.
CHAPTER XXXX.
CHAPTER XXXXI.
CONJECTURES ON THE CAUSES WHICH INFLUENCE THE DESCENT OF BALLOONS IN THEIR PASSAGE OVER WATER.
CHAPTER XXXXII.
CHAPTER XXXXIII.
CHAPTER XXXXIV.
OBJECTION TO THE THEORY REMOVED.
CHAPTER XXXXV.
CHAPTER XXXXVI.
CHAPTER XXXXVII.
CHAPTER XXXXVIII.
CHAPTER XXXXIX.
CHAPTER L.
CORROBORATING PROOFS OF A DEPRESSION.
CHAPTER LI.
CHAPTER LII.
CHAPTER LIII.
A GENERAL OBSERVATION.
CHAPTER LIIII.
ANOTHER METHOD OF SUSTAINING A BALLOON OVER WATER, WITHOUT LOSS OF GASS, OR OF BALLAST.
CHAPTER LV.
CHAPTER LVI.
CHAPTER LVII.
CHAPTER LVIII.
OF THE AIR-BOTTLE BALLOON.
CHAPTER LIX.
SUPERIORITY OF THE AIR-BOTTLE TO AN INTERIOR BALLOON.
CHAPTER LX.
HINTS FOR THE DIRECTION OF THE BALLOON.
CHAPTER LXI.
CHAPTER LXII.
CHAPTER LXIII.
ON VARNISHES, CONTINUED.
CHAPTER LXIV.
HINTS ON IMPROVEMENT OF THE MACHINERY.
CHAPTER LXV.
CHAPTER LXVI.
ON THE UTILITY OF BALLOONS.
CHAPTER LXVII.
THE PROCESS OF INFLATION.
CHAPTER LXVIII.
CHAPTER LXIX.
MENSURATION OF HEIGHTS.
CHAPTER LXX.
METHODS TO ASCERTAIN THE TRUE HEIGHT.
CHAPTER LXXI.
USE AND PRACTICE OF THE FIRST TABLE, IN THE FIRST EXAMPLE.
CHAPTER LXXII.
CHAPTER LXXIII.
USE AND PRACTICE OF THE SECOND TABLE IN THE FIRST EXAMPLE.
CHAPTER LXXIIII.
USE AND PRACTICE OF THE FOURTH TABLE, IN THE FIRST EXAMPLE.
CHAPTER LXXV.
PRACTICE OF THE SECOND EXAMPLE:
CHAPTER LXXVI.
PRACTICE OF THE FIRST TABLE IN THE SECOND EXAMPLE.
CHAPTER LXXVII.
PRACTICE OF THE THIRD EXAMPLE,
CHAPTER LXXVIII.
CHAPTER LXXIX.
CHAPTER LXXX.
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