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Wonderful Balloon Ascents; Or, The Conquest of the Skies
·
Fulgence Marion
81
Then
the
balloon,
rising
rapidly,
described
a
great
arc,
and
they
found
themselves
at
a
greater
elevation
than
at
any
part
of
their
course.
The
wind
increased
in
strength,
and
changed
a
little
in
its
direction.
Having
descended
to
the
tops
of
the
trees
of
the
forest
of
Guines,
Dr.
Jeffries
seized
a
branch,
and
by
this
means
arrested
their
advance.
The
valve
was
then
opened,
the
gas
rushed
out,
and
the
aeronauts
safely
reached
the
ground
after
the
successful
accomplishment
of
this
daring
and
memorable
enterprise.
A
number
of
horsemen,
who
had
watched
the
recent
course
of
the
balloon,
now
rode
up,
and
gave
the
adventurers
the
most
cordial
reception.
On
the
following
day
a
splendid
fete
was
celebrated
in
their
honour
at
Calais.
Blanchard
was
presented
with
the
freedom
of
the
city
in
a
box
of
gold,
and
the
municipal
body
purchased
the
balloon,
with
the
intention
of
placing
it
in
one
of
the
churches
as
a
memorial
of
this
experiment,
it
being
also
resolved
to
erect
a
marble
monument
on
the
spot
where
the
famous
aeronauts
landed.
Some
days
afterwards
Blanchard
was
summoned
before
the
king,
who
conferred
upon
him
an
annual
pension
of
1,200
livres.
The
queen,
who
was
at
play
at
the
gambling
table,
placed
a
sum
for
him
upon
a
card,
and
presented
him
with
the
purse
which
she
won.
Chapter
VI.
Zambeccari’s
Perilous
Trip
Across
the
Adriatic
Sea.
There
is
not
in
the
whole
annals
of
aerostation
a
more
moving
catastrophe
than
that
of
the
unfortunate
Comte
Zambeccari,
who,
during
an
aerial
journey
on
October
the
7th,
1804,
was
cast
away
on
the
waves
of
the
Adriatic.
The
history
of
Zambeccari
is
dramatic
throughout.
After
having
been
taken
by
the
Turks
and
thrown
into
the
Bay
of
Constantinople,
from
which
he
with
difficulty
escaped,
he
devoted
himself
to
the
study
and
practice
of
aerial
navigation.
He
fancied
he
could
make
use
of
a
lamp
supplied
with
spirits
of
wine,
the
flame
of
which
he
could
direct
at
will,
in
the
hope
of
thus
being
able
to
steer
the
balloon
in
whatever
direction
he
chose.
One
day
his
balloon
damaged
itself
against
a
tree
at
Boulogne,
and
the
spirits
of
wine
set
his
clothes
on
fire.
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