The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1885-01-03
} Rarly History Of Balloons.

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an al ages men have aspired to ny,
put ~ is very remarkable fact that
among al the wonderful modern inven-
ltaons and improvements very little pro-
gress has been made'in the art OF navi-
ganhg the air. oh aS5 II alia Ia
II ihe stGeF oli the nrst aeronauts, Dar
9alls ana ms son icarus, shows that the
ancients endeavored to travel like the
I sros, ana hoped to succeed, for lcarns
SCARED 80 Teariehe sun That the wax with
wnlen No nAd 1astenea hissMangsi % his
snoutlqe.S meltea ap9 ne tell, IKE Luci-
Ffer, headlppg into q deep pool.
Il Mother Shlpton in her famous pro-
Phecy says:
4 ,...In the air men shah be seed [. ~
,s''' ln'"tAite' m Diack' an gFeen.'"Ri -
y We FleaRe the sinterpr ct the
prophecy to- others, but suppose, it all
ludes to balloons, 80 ~ -
i, The earliest CONVEYANCE for Sailing II,
the alt was made by Francis Lana, d
JesulI IN the early part iof the seven
Ieentn eenturyi' there is no very clear
uesorlpqon on ~ extant- e Several years
:,1Ier . Frelcnman. 9amed ketlfl de la
d9sret sts n constructed an apparatus for
alYIng IN tne ar consisting OF two large
wings, .hstiagl TO, the shoulders, and a
sorS Of glngham umbrella" over the
neau. history saith not whether the
-,sPirIng ae ~ bretonne ever broke any
pones lying ms apparatus 1t IS thought
" ueputeu some one eise 10 make trlal
ol nus mvennon, which appears to have
rapidly tallen into disuse, If ever used at
aii M Z ~ l.ils - re g ~
I'VE brothers. named Mohtgolfier,
were tne nfst 70 construct balloons such,
9 are now IN use, ana the hrst aerial voy-
w was performed successfully from
ne e gardens OF. La Muette near Paris.
paper balloons and sent them, up as san an
exPfrimeut, ana the following year he
4u9 III nls progner consyrncted 2 very large
4nu sOrong Dalioon nlIea Win smoke
lnls ascenuea 70 q considerable height
': J. ,eravelea nearly, tWo miles nbetorc'
/ ~ .lauoe9 'saisiy: ,9nese experiments
I Wpte I4au ". AZ q lttle' E9wn named An
nonay. Inc saVans OF Paris We're any,
ious 70 sest tne new lnyenuon, ana az
/ PolnVeI i 2 coihliiilVee 70 inquire INTO II.
i 2 81 PERSONS auteHptedi TO- rival the.
1 Snon olile.s' anu a. oeftAln f'foiessor
S.uch W tnsp lqAas ~ some
l;s,u tr 3tIY!, Aue m strlRs 81
Sun, ya ems oyer ana meg 10 WIN
1 4guroSen gay Iust linen discovered.
~ IN Sap ue 9ars was ,.ne Place ap-
whare anidst' o es hU",ioosss
the shouts ~ 800 a',, M. % "s,H
Il s.srtad or ~ 5000 $500
raSc5ad gress So ~ oioso y
| and Prnfe NJ tlT5S o s, asSs,taS Ut
iurv bv his foresirht IL not he"lm :: .$,S III
| barked in 'his' in5en4;op :, IA .1TsS az,
| tirst srccass9,,l aarana,,t;o a.,,soS;4;ca
was. made II nan named RovEsrs is mi
| the Maronis I, ATlandas y ifHh;r M bS
was yerVa elabbTaIe ana AMI ;nfsfsT
with iheatsd N IN NO., ,S,t,hy 81 N
Thousands ~ ,nernIe rss1ad .
fnl St,s,otnre AZ Il soaSed 80 on1
can't citv III, Paris, over vVhioh II m 80
Z complete circuit. Among the IooEsrs
on Upon this OCCASION was vas BeniamIine
FRANKLIN sII fks1 ~ CD "a - " fi1T
For months attsr +b;s' E@SbllS2sg x, 70; t.1
IN balloons and ali sshrtj a. II y
axes were indnlged in Al, nve~ The.
trv me Dnc IA Cb Char s =, nd ths 80.
ious Phiiip d Egalite made n ionrnev h.
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