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CONTENTS
[ BALLOONS AND AIR JOURNEYS. ]
[ PART I. THE CONQUEST OF THE SKIES.—1783. ]
[ 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 Arial Voyage. ]
[ PART II.The History of Aerostation from the Year 1783. ]
[ Chapter II. Experiments and Studies—Blanchard at Paris—Guyton de Morveau at Dijon. ]
[ Chapter V. First Aerial Voyage in England—Blanchard Crosses the Sea in a Balloon. ]
[ Chapter VI. Zambeccari’s Perilous Trip Across the Adriatic Sea. ]
[ Chapter VII. Garnerin—Parachutes—Aerostation at Public Fetes. ]
[ Chapter VIII. Green’s Great Journey Across Europe. ]
[ Chapter IX. The “Geant” Balloon. ]
[ Chapter X. The Necrology of Aeronautic ]
[ PART III. Scientific Experiments—Applications of Ballooning. ]
[ Chapter I. Experiments of Robertson, Lhoest, Saccarof, &c. ]
[ Chapter II. Ascent of M. Gay-Lussac Alone—Excursions of MM. Barral and Bixio. ]
[ Chapter III. Ascents of the Mssrs. Welsh, Glaisher and Coxwell. ]
[ Chapter IV. Balloons Made Useful in Warfare. ]
