Note: the book text is in the file wonta11.txt, in the same
directory as this README file. 

Wonderful Balloon Ascents by F. Marion -- Illustrations from the book.

List of Illustrations

01. Lana's Flying Machine
02. Laurent de Guzman's Balloon
03. The Flying Man
04. Inflating Balloon with Hydrogen
05. The Parachute
06. Garnerin's Descent in a Parachute
07. The Brothers Montgolfier
08. Charles's Balloon on its way to the Champ de Mars
09. The Ascent of Charles's Balloon from the Champ de Mars
10. The Destruction of Charles's Balloon
11. Ascent of the 19th September, 1783, at Versailles
12. Balloon of the Marquis D'Arlandes
13. The Balloon of D'Arlandes crossing Paris
14. The First Aerial Voyage
13. Monsieur Charles and the Duke of Chartres
16. Bagnolet's Balloon
17. Le Flesselles
18. Blanchard's Balloon
19. Blanchard's Ascent, (Caricature)
20. Blanchard's Descent
23. The "Minerva"
24. The First Attempt to Ascend in England
25. Blanchard
26. Dr. Jeffries
27. Coronation fete at Paris
28. The Wreck of the "Geant" 
29. Pilatre des Roziers
30. Employment of a Balloon at the Battle of Fleurus


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     AUTHOR: Marion, F. (Fulgence)
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      TITLE: Wonderful Balloon Ascents  
    SUBJECT: Balloons -- Aircraft -- 
  LOC CLASS: TL -- 
      NOTES: From the French, 1870
   LANGUAGE: English  -

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Marion, F. (Fulgence). - 1997. - Wonderful Balloon Ascents
From the French, 1870 - Urbana, Illinois (USA): Project Gutenberg.
Etext #899. - First Release: May 1997 - ID:919


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Summary
1870. A History of Balloons and Balloon Voyages. Use in peace and war; prospects for future improvements. Translated from the French.

(Contributed by Jim Henderson)


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