Aerostatics; or, A history of balloons
Subtitle: giving an account of the aerial voyages, observations, and discoveries, of Montgolfier, Pilâtre de Rozier, the Marquis d'Arlandes, Blanchard, and the Duke of Chartres, in France; Lunardi, Dr. Jeffreys, the Hon W. Windham, Sadler, Garnerin, Sowden, and Locker, in England; Crosbie and Maguire in Ireland; and Lunardi in Scotland. Also, the practice of aerostation; which explains the art of constructing, inflating, and navigating air balloons, and the uses they have been applied to, particularly that by which the French gained the battle of Fleurus.
By: Embellished with a beautiful and exactly formed engraving of a balloon and parachute, by Roberts.
Publisher: Printed for the author by J. Rhynd and sold by R. Crosby and co.
Published: 1802
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 55
Subjects: Balloons.