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Wonderful Balloon Ascents; Or, The Conquest of the Skies
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Fulgence Marion
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emphatically,
but
I
could
not
speak
or
move.
Then
I
heard
him
say,
‘Do
try;
now
do!’
Then
I
saw
the
instruments
dimly,
next
Mr.
Coxwell,
and
very
shortly
I
saw
clearly.
I
rose
in
my
seat
and
looked
round,
as
though
waking
from
sleep,
and
said
to
Mr.
Coxwell,
‘I
have
been
insensible.’
He
said,
‘Yes;
and
I
too,
very
nearly.’
I
then
drew
up
my
legs,
which
had
been
extended
out
before
me,
and
took
a
pencil
in
my
hand
to
note
my
observations.
Mr.
Coxwell
informed
me
that
he
had
lost
the
use
of
his
hands,
which
were
black,
and
I
poured
brandy
over
them.
I
resumed
my
observations
at
seven
minutes
past
two.
I
suppose
three
or
four
minutes
were
occupied
from
the
time
of
my
hearing
the
words
‘temperature’
and
‘observation,’
until
I
began
to
observe.
If
so,
then
returning
consciousness
came
at
four
minutes
past
two,
and
that
gives
about
seven
minutes
of
total
insensibility.
Mr.
Coxwell
told
me
that
in
coming
from
the
ring
he
thought
for
a
moment
that
I
had
laid
back
to
rest
myself;
that
he
spoke
to
me
without
eliciting
a
reply;
that
he
then
noticed
that
my
legs
projected,
and
my
arms
hung
down
by
my
side.
That
my
countenance
was
serene
and
placid,
without
earnestness
or
anxiety,
he
had
noticed
before
going
into
the
ring.
It
then
struck
him
that
I
was
insensible.
He
wished
then
to
approach
me,
but
could
not,
and
he
felt
insensibility
coming
over
himself.
He
became
anxious
to
open
the
valve,
but,
in
consequence
of
having
lost
the
use
of
his
hands,
he
could
not;
and
ultimately
he
did
so
by
seizing
the
cord
with
his
teeth
and
dipping
his
head
two
or
three
times.
No
inconvenience
followed
our
insensibility.
When
we
dropped
it
was
in
a
country
where
no
accommodation
of
any
kind
could
be
obtained,
so
that
we
had
to
walk
between
seven
and
eight
miles.
At
the
time
of
ceasing
our
observations
the
ascent
was
at
the
rate
of
1,000
feet
per
minute,
and
on
resuming
observations
the
descent
was
at
the
rate
of
2,000
feet
per
minute.
These
two
positions
must
be
connected,
having
relation
to
the
interval
of
time
which
elapsed
between
them;
and
they
can
scarcely
be
connected
at
a
point
less
than
36,000
or
37,000
feet
high.
Again,
a
very
delicate
minimum
thermometer
was
found
to
read
minus
12
degrees,
and
that
reading
would
indicate
an
elevation
exceeding
36,000
feet.
There
cannot
be
any
doubt
that
the
balloon
attained
the
great
height
of
seven
miles--the
greatest
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