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Wonderful Balloon Ascents; Or, The Conquest of the Skies
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Fulgence Marion
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and
other
wines,
garments
of
fur
and
other
articles
of
clothing.
“‘Good,’
I
said;
‘throw
that
out
of
the
window.’
He
took
a
blanket
and
launched
it
into
the
air,
through
which
it
floated
down
slowly,
and
fell
upon
the
dome
of
l’Assomption.
“When
the
barometer
had
fallen
26
inches,
we
ceased
to
ascend.
We
were
up
at
an
elevation
of
1,800
feet.
This
was
the
height
to
which
I
had
promised
myself
to
ascend;
and,
in
fact,
from
this
moment
to
the
time
when
we
disappeared
from
the
eyes
of
our
friends,
we
always
kept
a
horizontal
course,
the
barometer
registering
26
inches
to
26
inches
8
lines.
“We
required
to
throw
over
ballast
in
proportion
as
the
almost
insensible
escape
of
the
hydrogen
gas
caused
us
to
descend,
in
order
to
remain
as
nearly
as
possible
at
the
same
elevation.
If
circumstances
had
permitted
us
to
measure
the
amount
of
ballast
we
threw
over,
our
course
would
have
been
almost
absolutely
horizontal.
“After
remaining
for
a
few
moments
stationary,
our
car
I
changed
its
course,
and
we
were
carried
on
at
the
will
of
the
wind.
Soon
we
passed
the
Seine,
between
St.
Ouen
and
Asnieres.
We
traversed
the
river
a
second
time,
leaving
Argenteuil
upon
the
left.
We
passed
Sannois,
Franconville,
Eau-Bonne,
St.
Leu-Taverny,
Villiers,
and
finally,
Nesles.
This
was
about
twenty-seven
miles
from
Paris,
and
we
had
I
reached
this
distance
in
two
hours,
although
there
was
so
little
wind
that
the
air
scarcely
stirred.
“During
the
whole
course
of
this
delightful
voyage,
not
the
slightest
apprehension
for
our
fate
or
that
of
our
machine
entered
my
head
for
a
moment.
The
globe
did
not
suffer
any
alteration
beyond
the
successive
changes
of
dilatation
and
compression,
which
enabled
us
to
mount
and
descend
at
will.
The
thermometer
was,
during
more
than
an
hour,
between
ten
and
twelve
degrees
above
zero;
this
being
to
some
extent
accounted
for
by
the
fact
that
the
interior
of
the
car
was
warmed
by
the
rays
of
the
sun.
“At
the
end
of
fifty-six
minutes,
we
heard
the
report
of
the
cannon
which
informed
us
that
we
had,
at
that
moment,
disappeared
from
view
at
Paris.
We
rejoiced
that
we
had
escaped,
as
we
were
no
longer
obliged
to
observe
a
horizontal
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