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Wonderful Balloon Ascents; Or, The Conquest of the Skies
·
Fulgence Marion
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again,
he
flew
to
the
earth,
describing
a
very
tortuous
line
in
his
passage.
We
followed
him
with
our
eyes
till
he
was
lost
in
the
clouds.
A
pigeon,
which
we
set
free
at
the
same
elevation,
presented
a
very
curious
spectacle.
Placed
at
liberty
on
the
edge
of
the
car,
he
remained
at
rest
for
a
number
of
instants,
as
if
measuring
the
length
of
his
flight;
then
he
launched
himself
into
space,
flying
about
irregularly,
as
if
to
try
his
wings.
Afterwards
he
began
his
descent
regularly,
sweeping
round
and
round
in
great
circles,
ever
reaching
lower,
until
he
also
was
lost
in
the
clouds.”
As
to
the
voyagers
themselves,
this
is
how
they
speak
of
their
situation
at
the
height
of
3,000
yards:--
“About
this
elevation
we
observed
our
animals.
They
did
not
appear
to
suffer
from
the
rarity
of
the
air,
yet
the
barometer
was
at
twenty
inches
eight
lines..
We
were
much
surprised
that
we
did
not
suffer
from
the
cold;
on
the
contrary,
the
sun
warmed
us
much.
We
had
thrown
aside
the
gloves
which
had
been
put
on
board,
and
which
were
of
no
use
to
us.
Our
pulses
were
very
quick;
that
of
M.
Gay-Lussac,
which
is
62
in
the
minute
on
ordinary
occasions,
now
gave
80;
and
mine,
which
is
ordinarily
89,
gave
111.
This
acceleration
was
felt
by
both
of
us
in
nearly
the
same
proportion.
Nevertheless,
our
respiration
was
in
no
way
interfered
with,
we
experienced
no
illness,
and
our
situation
seemed
to
us
extremely
agreeable.”
The
following
is
their
report
to
the
Galvanic
Society--
“We
have
known
for
a
long
time
that
no
animal
can
with
safety
pass
into
an
atmosphere
much
more
dense
or
much
more
rare
than
that
to
which
it
has
been
accustomed.
In
the
first
case
it
suffers
from
the
outer
air,
which
presses
upon
it
severely;
in
the
second
case
there
are
liquids
or
fluids
in
the
animal’s
body
which,
being
less
pressed
against
than
they
should
be,
become
dilated,
and
press
against
their
coverings
or
channels.
In
both
cases
the
symptoms
are
nearly
the
same--pain,
general
illness,
buzzing
in
the
ears,
and
even
haemorrhage.
The
experience
of
the
diving-bell
has
long
made
us
familiar
with
what
aeronauts
suffer.
Our
colleague
(Robertson),
and
his
companion,
have
experienced
these
effects
in
great
intensity.
They
had
swelled
lips,
their
eyes
bled,
their
veins
were
dilated,
and,
what
is
very
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