Proposals at large, for the construction of a grand naval air-balloon, furnished with an apparatus, corresponding to that of sails oars and rudder, to be occasionally applied; ...
Baldwin, Thomas,aeronaut.
[Chester,
1784]
Drop-head title.
In fact a sheet folded to make four pages, with pp. [2-3] blank; the first page contains the 'Proposals', dated at foot "Hoole, near Chester, the 31st of August, 1784"; and the fourth page has text in the form of a letter beginning "Having had the subject of the air-balloon, for some time, in contemplation, .." and signed in MS.: Thomas Baldwin.
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