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Wonderful Balloon Ascents; Or, The Conquest of the Skies
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Fulgence Marion
77
“(h)
Pilot’s
room.
“(1)
An
observatory,
containing
the
compasses
and
other
scientific
instruments
for
taking
the
latitude.
“(g)
A
room
fitted
up
for
recreations,
walking,
and
gymnastics.
“(m)
The
kitchen,
far
removed
from
the
balloon.
It
is
the
only
place
where
a
fire
shall
be
permitted.
“(p)
Medicine
room.
“(v)
A
theatre,
music
room,
&c.
“--The
study.
“(x)
The
tents
of
the
air-marines,
&c.
&c.”
This
balloon
is
certainly
the
most
marvellous
that
has
ever
been
imagined--quite
a
town,
with
its
forts,
ramparts,
cannon,
boulevards,
and
galleries.
One
can
understand
the
many
squibs
and
satires
which
so
Utopian
a
notion
provoked.
Chapter
V.
First
Aerial
Voyage
in
England--Blanchard
Crosses
the
Sea
in
a
Balloon.
In
spite
of
their
known
powers
of
industry
and
perseverance,
the
English
did
not
throw
themselves
with
any
great
ardour
into
the
exploration
of
the
atmosphere.
From
one
cause
or
another
it
is
the
French
and
the
Italians
that
have
chiefly
distinguished
themselves
in
this
art.
The
English
historian
of
aerostation
gives
some
details
of
the
first
aerial
voyage
made
in
this
country
by
the
Italian,
Vincent
Lunardy.
The
balloon
was
made
of
silk
covered
with
a
varnish
of
oil,
and
painted
in
alternate
stripes--blue
and
red.
It
was
three
feet
in
diameter.
Cords
fixed
upon
it
hung
down
and
were
attached
to
a
hoop
at
the
bottom,
from
which
a
gallery
was
suspended.
This
balloon
had
no
safety-valve--its
neck
was
the
only
opening
by
which
the
hydrogen
gas
was
introduced,
and
by
which
it
was
allowed
to
escape.
In
September,
1784,
it
was
carried
to
the
Artillery
Ground
and
filled
with
gas.
After
being
two-thirds
filled,
the
gallery
was
attached
with
its
two
oars
or
wings,
and
Lunardy,
accompanied
by
Biggin
and
Madame
Sage,
took
his
place;
but
it
was
found
that
the
balloon
had
not
sufficient
lifting
power
to
carry
up
the
whole
three,
and
Lunardy
went
up
alone,
with
the
exception
of
the
pigeon,
the
cat,
and
the
dog,
that
were
with
him.
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