Airopaidia

by Thomas Baldwin

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.

AIROPAIDIA:

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.