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Wonderful Balloon Ascents; Or, The Conquest of the Skies
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Fulgence Marion
48
This
experiment
proved
that
the
balloon
does
not
FALL
it
DESCENDS;
that
it
does
not
overturn;
that
it
does
not
destroy
itself
on
trees;
that
it
neither
causes
death,
nor
even
damage,
to
its
passengers;
that,
on
the
contrary,
the
latter,
by
making
new
gas,
give
it
the
power
of
detaching
itself
from
the
trees;
and
that
it
can
resume
its
course
after
such
an
event.
The
intrepid
Roziers
gave
in
this
ascent
a
further
proof
of
the
facility
he
had
in
descending
and
ascending
at
will.
When
the
machine
had
risen
to
the
height
of
200
feet
it
began
to
descend
lightly,
and
just
before
it
came
to
the
earth
the
aeronaut
very
cleverly
and
quickly
threw
on
more
fuel
and
produced
more
smoke,
at
which
the
balloon,
to
the
astonishment
of
every
one,
suddenly
soared
away
again
to
its
former
elevation.
Third
Ascent:
The
balloon
rose
again
with
Roziers,
accompanied
this
time
by
another
aeronaut,
Gerond
de
Villette;
and
as
the
cords
had
been
lengthened,
the
adventurers
were
carried
up
to
the
height
of
324
feet.
At
this
elevation
the
balloon
rested
in
perfect
equilibrium
for
nine
minutes.
It
was
the
first
time
that
human
beings
had
ever
been
carried
to
an
equal
elevation,
and
the
spectators
were
astonished
to
find
that
they
could
remain
there
without
danger
and
without
alarm.
The
balloon
had
a
superb
effect
at
this
elevation;
it
looked
down
upon
the
whole
town,
and
was
seen
from
all
the
suburbs.
Its
size
seemed
hardly
diminished
in
the
least,
though
the
men
themselves
were
barely
visible.
By
the
aid
of
glasses,
Roziers
could
be
seen
calmly
and
industriously
making
new
gas.
When
the
balloon
descended
the
two
men
declared
that
they
had
not
experienced
the
slightest
inconvenience
from
the
elevation.
They
received
the
universal
applause
which
their
zeal
and
courage
so
well
deserved.
The
Marquis
d’Arlandes,
a
major
of
infantry,
afterwards
went
up
with
Roziers,
and
this
latter
experiment
was
as
successful
as
the
former.”
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