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Wonderful Balloon Ascents; Or, The Conquest of the Skies
·
Fulgence Marion
85
in
the
morning
when
we
got
on
board.
Grassetti
was
so
ill
that
he
hardly
showed
any
signs
of
life.
His
hands
were
sadly
mutilated.
Cold,
hunger,
and
the
dreadful
anxiety
had
completely
prostrated
me.
The
brave
captain
of
the
vessel
did
everything
in
his
power
to
restore
us.
He
conducted
us
safely
to
Ferrara,
whence
we
were
carried
to
Pola,
where
we
were
received
with
the
greatest
kindness,
and
where
I
was
compelled
to
have
my
fingers
amputated.”
Chapter
VII.
Garnerin--Parachutes--Aerostation
at
Public
Fetes.
“On
the
22nd
October,
1797,”
says
the
astronomer
Lalande,
“at
twenty-eight
minutes
past
five,
Citizen
Garnerin
rose
in
a
balloon
from
the
park
of
Monceau.
Silence
reigned
in
the
assembly,
anxiety
and
fear
being
painted
on
the
visages
of
all.
When
he
had
ascended
upwards
of
2,000
feet,
he
cut
the
cord
that
connected
his
parachute
and
car
with
the
balloon.
The
latter
exploded,
and
Garnerin
descended
in
his
parachute
very
rapidly.
He
made
a
dreadful
lurch
in
the
air,
that
forced
a
sudden
cry
of
fear
from
the
whole
multitude,
and
made
a
number
of
women
faint.
Meanwhile
Citizen
Garnerin
descended
into
the
plain
of
Monceau;
he
mounted
his
horse
upon
the
spot,
and
rode
back
to
the
park,
attended
by
an
immense
multitude,
who
gave
vent
to
their
admiration
for
the
skill
and
talent
of
the
young
aeronaut.
Garnerin
was
the
first
to
undertake
this
most
daring
and
dangerous
venture.
He
had
conceived
the
idea
of
this
feat
while
lying
a
prisoner
of
state
in
Buda,
Hungary.”
Lalande
adds
that
he
went
and
announced
his
success
at
the
Institute
National,
which
was
assembled
at
the
time,
and
which
listened
to
him
with
the
greatest
interest.
Robertson
conducted
an
experiment
of
descending
by
means
of
a
parachute
at
Vienna,
in
1804,
in
which
he
received
all
the
glory,
without
partaking
of
any
of
the
danger.
He
made
the
public
preparations
for
an
ascent
in
the
balloon,
his
pupil,
Michaud,
however,
took
his
place
in
the
car,
and
made
the
ascent.
Robertson
says
that
on
this
occasion
he
yielded
to
the
entreaties
of
a
young
man
who
was
his
pupil,
and
had
begged
to
be
allowed
to
make
his
debut
before
such
a
great
multitude.
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