Aerostatics; or, A history of balloons: giving an account of the aerial voyages, observations, and discoveries, of Montgolfier, Pilâtre de Rozier, the Marquis d'Arlandes, Blanchard, and the Duke of Chartres, in France; Lunardi, Dr. Jeffreys, the Hon W. Windham, Sadler, Garnerin, Sowden, and Locker, in England; Crosbie and Maguire in Ireland; and Lunardi in Scotland. Also, the practice of aerostation; which explains the art of constructing, inflating, and navigating air balloons, and the uses they have been applied to, particularly that by which the French gained the battle of Fleurus.
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| Imprint: | London, Printed for the author by J. Rhynd and sold by R. Crosby and co., 1802. |
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| Description: | 55 p. col. front. 19 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/785922 |
Special Collections, Crerar Rare Books
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TL617.A30 1802 c.1
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