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Wonderful Balloon Ascents; Or, The Conquest of the Skies
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Fulgence Marion
54
received
further
proofs
of
admiration
and
honours;
and
when,
on
the
22nd
of
January,
he
departed
for
Dijon
on
his
return
to
Paris,
he
was
accompanied
as
in
a
triumph
by
a
numerous
cavalcade
of
the
most
distinguished
young
men
of
the
city.
There
was,
however,
at
Paris,
much
discontent
with
the
ascent
of
“Le
Flesselles;”
and
the
Journal
de
Paris
de
Paris,
which
notices
so
enthusiastically
the
other
ascents
of
that
epoch,
speaks
slightingly
of
that
at
Lyons.
The
next
great
ascent
took
place
at
Milan,
on
the
25th
of
February,
1784,
under
the
direction
of
the
Chevalier
Paul
Andriani,
who
had
a
balloon
constructed
by
the
Brothers
Gerli,
at
his
own
expense.
We
read
that
this
balloon
was
66
feet
in
diameter,
and
that
the
envelope
was
composed
of
cloth,
lined
in
the
interior
with
fine
paper.
The
balloon
was
not
in
all
respects
constructed
like
that
which
rose
at
Lyons.
The
grating
which
supported
the
fire
that
kept
up
the
supply
of
hot
air
was
placed
at
the
mouth
of
the
opening.
It
was
made
of
copper,
was
six
feet
in
diameter,
and
was
secured
by
a
number
of
transverse
beams
of
wood.
M.
Andriani
thought
it
best
to
place
his
fire--contrary
to
general
usage--a
little
way
above
the
mouth
of
the
opening,
and
he
found
out
that
the
activity
of
the
fire
was
in
proportion
with
that
of
the
air
which
entered
and
fed
it.
In
place
of
making
use
of
a
gallery
like
that
employed
by
Montgolfier,
as
much
to
manage
the
fire
as
to
carry
the
traveller
and
the
fuel,
he
substituted
a
wide
basket,
suspended
by
cords
to
the
edge
of
the
opening
of
the
balloon,
at
such
a
distance
that
fuel
could
be
thrown
on
with
the
hand
without
being
inconvenienced
by
the
heat.
Everything
being
in
readiness,
the
machine
was
carried
to
Moncuco,
the
splendid
domain
of
Andriani,
where
the
first
experiments
were
made;
for
this
gentlemen
knew
that
as
the
populace
are
impatient,
they
are
also
often
un-reasonable,
and
jump
to
the
hastiest
and
most
inconsiderate
conclusion
when,
in
witnessing
scientific
experiments,
any
of
the
arrangements
happen
to
be
imperfect,
and
the
results
in
any
respect
prove
unsuccessful.
Andriani
did
not
deceive
himself,
for,
sure
enough,
his
first
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