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By John Wise

Published 1850
J.A. Speel

Aeronautics

310 pages

Original from Harvard University

Digitized Oct 10, 2007

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Plates lithographed by P.S. Duval's Steam Lith. Press; frontispiece portrait engraved by T.B. Welch, from a daguerreotype by M.A. Root.

PART I	17
Archytas, Roger Bacon, Aulus Gellius
CHAPTER III	31
aerostatic, Tiberius Cavallo, Annonay
CHAPTER IV	44
stopcock, aerostatic, inflation
First aerial voyage with a hydrogen balloonExperiments to regulate	51
fire balloon, thermometer, Calais
CHAPTER VII	57
hygrometer, Lussac, parachute
CHAPTER XI	73
buoyant force, balloon, pound avoirdupois

CHAPTER XIV	84
inclined plane, windmill, steamboat
CHAPTER XV	90
coal gas, gun-cotton, steam engine
Rotation of balloons consideredShape of balloons alsoTheir navigation	97
Weilburg, Vauxhall Gardens, miles per hour
CHAPTER XIX	137
Vauxhall, Cocking, Nassau Balloon
CHAPTER XX	141
Turin, Cremorne, Arban
CHAPTER II	148
planisphere, Delaware, muslin
CHAPTER III	156
loon, ascension, Philadelphia
CHAPTER IV	158
muslin, ascension, neck-pipe
CHAPTER V	164
stratum, bay shore, Lancaster
CHAPTER VI	173
Port Deposite, city of London, Lebanon
CHAPTER VII	181
Keokuk, Black Hawk, Professor J. K. Mitchell
CHAPTER VIII	187
Easton, cambric, linseed oil
Consultation upon exploding balloon againAnnouncement to do so	195
Allentown, Berks county, Kutztown
CHAPTER XII	204
stratum, Chambersburg, Pottsville
CHAPTER XV	213
Lewistown, Bellefonte, trumpet
kerIts effect on the peopleThe day for mine was unfavorableThe	216
York Gazette, Wyoming, valve rope
CHAPTER XVII	223
parhelion, Gettysburg, cloud stratum
J r Balloon campaign of 1843Transatlantic projectAscent from Carlisle	228
Carlisle, Lancaster, miles per hour
CHAPTER XXI	246
Hollidaysburg, Catskill Mountains, Vesperus
Ascent from West Chester Pa Extracts from aerial logbookDescent	252
West Chester, Utica, JOHN WISE
CHAPTER XXIII	260
Syracuse, Onondaga Lake, Lake Erie
PART III	271
linseed oil, bird-lime, cubic foot
Scale to shape balloonsHow to make a patternHow to cut material eco	281
bituminous coal, oil of vitriol, sulphuric acid
CHAPTER V	291
mile per hour, bladder, grapple
CHAPTER VI	297
Verdalle, rarefied air balloon, spirits of wine
CHAPTER VIII	306
Doctor Arbuthnot, elutriation, elysian fields

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Hollidaysburg, Pa - Page 246
But the next one, which was made from Hollidaysburg, Pa., is one full of interest and instruction. This was made wilh a balloon composed of a new kind ...
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West Chester, Pa - Page 252
The next one worthy of note was made from West Chester, Pa. On this occasion, it was my intention to sail as near the surface of the earth as ...
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York, Pa - Page 216
Glossbrenner and Morris, of York, Pa., who were then on a visit to the Wyoming Valley, was tendered me, to come to their borough and make an ascension ...
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Lancaster - Page 260
IN the summer of 1847 I commenced the season's ballooning campaign in the city of Lancaster. Having sold the old Rough and Ready to Mr. ...
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Lewistown, Pennsylvania - Page 213
In April, 1842, I made an ascension from Lewistown, Pa. After rising to a considerable altitude, my journal says : At this point, as usual, ...
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York - Page 228
The escape of the gas was distinctly seen from York ; and as the balloon neared the earth it had lost its rotundity, and appeared to the gazers here ...
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Philadelphia - Page 195
HAVING arrived in Philadelphia in the month of September immediately following my experiments at Easton and Allentown, I consulted several scientific ...
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Carlisle, Pa - Page 228
Is the spring of 1843, the inhabitants of Carlisle, Pa., invited me to make an ascension from their borough. During the winter.
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania - Page 223
IN September of 3842, I made an ascension from Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, of which the following account was written at the time. ...
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Allentown, Pa - Page 194
On the 8th of September following, I made an ascension from Allentown, Pa. I had resolved that after this one was accomplished, to go to Philadelphia ...
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Syracuse, NY - Page 260
globe demonstrable by the laws of atmospheric pressure — Matter and its laws — Another ascent from Utica — Next from Syracuse, NY — Narrative of it. ...
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Easton, Pa - Page 187
Experiment at Easton, Pa. — Failure and its consequences — Ascent from the public square at Easton — End of cause of failures — Decomposition of ...
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Paris - Page 51
Charles, and one of the Roberts, having previously ascertained the direction of the wind by launching a small balloon, ascended from Paris to the ...
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Bellefonte, Pennsylvania - Page 213
order of nature — Ascent from Bellefonte, Pennsylvania — Black balloon — Effect of its color — Current from west to cast — Ascent from AVilkesbarre, ...
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Turin - Page 141
Thursday, June 13, 1839 — And descent with his parachute — Description of his parachute — Aerial nocturnal excursion from Marseilles to Turin, by Mr. ...
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New York - Page 148
Durant, an ingenious citizen of New York, took it up after Robertson. He made a number of aerial voyages, which were shortly followed by others made ...
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Fleurus - Page 62
the signals communicated to General Jourdan, he was enabled to gain a speedy and decisive victory over the Austrian forces on the plains of Fleurus. ...

Baltimore, Md - Page 84
Pennington, of Baltimore, Md. In order that a fair estimation may be made of Mr. Pennington's views on the subject of aerial navigation, ...
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Utica, NY - Page 252
No serious consequences — Another ascent from West Chester — Next ascent was made from Utica, NY — First ever made from that city — " Daily Gazette's" ...
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London - Page 141
place of landing which proved to be close to the village of Offham, near Town Mailing, seven miles west of Maidstone, and twenty-eight from London. ...
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Chambersburg, Pa - Page 208
During the latter part of the same month I made an ascension from Chambersburg, Pa., of which the most interesting incidents, as related in the ...
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Maidstone - Page 141
place of landing which proved to be close to the village of Offham, near Town Mailing, seven miles west of Maidstone, and twenty-eight from London. ...

Danville, Pa - Page 211
THE next ascension, worthy of note, of which a description will now follow, took place at Danville, Pa., in June, 1841. ...
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Dover - Page 120
and in a few minutes placed us almost vertically over the castle of Dover, in the exact direction of crossing the Straits between that town and Calais ...
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Marseilles - Page 141
Thursday, June 13, 1839 — And descent with his parachute — Description of his parachute — Aerial nocturnal excursion from Marseilles to Turin, by Mr. ...
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Winchester, Va - Page 85
Pennington at Winchester, Va., while making arrangements for a balloon ascension from that place, I advised him to place a balloon, instead of a kite, ...

Lancaster, Pa - Page 244
citizen of Lancaster, Pa., most respectfully showeth, that, from an experience of a number of years in the practice of aeronautics by the subscriber, ...
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Liverpool - Page 99
trip across the Atlantic Ocean, than to embark for that destiny in the most approved steamship now plying between the ports of New York and Liverpool. ...
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Canterbury - Page 142
He ascended next at Canterbury, when the balloon not being sufficiently buoyant from a want of gas, the intrepid Hampton cut away the car to lighten ...
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Lisbon - Page 30
Gusman made a wicker basket of about seven or eight feet in diameter, covered with paper, which basket elevated itself as high as the tower of Lisbon. ...
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Fredericksburg, Va - Page 246
A NUMBER of voyages were made during the summer of 1843, from Lancaster, York, Pa., Winchester, Va., and the next summer from Fredericksburg, Va., ...

Greenwich - Page 110
We proceeded at first to the east, but soon took a southeasterly direction, leaving Greenwich and Woolwich to the left. ...
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Buffalo - Page 267
My next ascension was made from Buffalo, and the first successful one that had ever been made from that place, as I was informed. ...
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Hagerstown - Page 227
He says that the earth receded from him very rapidly after he had thrown a bag or two of sand upon it ; that Gettysburg passed off towards Hagerstown, ...

Oswego, NY - Page 269
Ascensions were made from Rochester and Oswego, NY, the same summer; both of these trips were of short duration, owing to the proximity of the lakes. ...

New Castle, Delaware - Page 239
The following letter, received by due course of mail, post marked New Castle, Delaware, June 28th, shows that there were not wanting proper persons ...

Auburn, NY - Page 265
Ascent from Auburn, NY — Narrative of its extraordinary magnificence and grandeur — " A speck in the horizon" — Ascent from Buffalo City, ...
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Taranto - Page 18
Another writer, in reference to this artificial bird, says : " Archytas, philosopher of Taranto, constructed a wooden pigeon which could fly ; but if ...

Reading, Pa - Page 162
In the following August, I made two ascensions with this same balloon from Reading, Pa., neither of which would be calculated in its description, ...

Marietta - Page 233
This took me over the town of Marietta a little after four o'clock, and almost in a direct line for Lancaster. At fifteen minutes before five o'clock ...

Frankfort, Ky - Page 258
At a recent party in Frankfort, Ky., the subject became a topic of conversation. After a number of persons had said their say, pro and con, ...

Cheltenham - Page 115
augmentingor diminishing, as the case may be, the power by the means of which it is * In an ascent from Cheltenham, a few years ago, in which Mr. ...
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Princeton - Page 200
While thus meditating upon the best means of effecting a descent, I found that already a great portion of Jersey had been traversed, as Princeton was ...

Genoa - Page 145
he was swept along their eastern side in nearly a northern direction. Had he ascended higher, he would no doubt have been carried towards Genoa. 10.

Erie - Page 264
The great Erie canal also seemed awakened to the scene of the day — the numberless craft on its water held up to see the balloon, the crews of which ...

Columbus, Ohio - Page 221
Clayton recently made a successful ascension in a balloon from Columbus, Ohio. Among the remarks in his journal of the aerial trip, vre were struck by ...

Harrisburg - Page 233
causing it to rise to a great height while in the field of reflected rays, and, therefore, obscuring from my view Harrisburg, and to the south, ...

Charleston - Page 239
Why not balloon a load of cotton at Charleston, and in a few days receive the vessel 'bock agen,' freighted with British cloths or a cargo of teas ...

Venice - Page 23
Mark's steeple, in Venice, and also at Nuremburg; and, by means of a pair of wings, a person named Dante of Perouse was enabled to fly; but, ...
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Athens - Page 42
Pilatre de Rozier and the Marquis d'Arlandes, over the city of Paris, and in sight of all the people of that modern Athens, it naturally gave an ...

Morgantown - Page 212
Mcllvain, near Morgantown, about seventy miles from where I started, in a straight line, where I was cordially received by this gentleman and his ...

Trenton - Page 185
made rather precarious since his fall at Trenton — and some intimated that it was a man from Lancaster, Baltimore, or somewhere else. ...

Cincinnati - Page 157
Richard Clayton, of Cincinnati, and Mr. William Paullin, of Philadelphia. These gentlemen made a great number of ascensions in various parts of the ...

Rome - Page 19
The next account that we find particularly noticed in history is that of a man, who, it is said, flew high in the air in the city of Rome, under the ...

Lebanon, Pa - Page 159
The ascension was made from the town of Lebanon, Pa., on the 4th of July, 1835, and the weather was extremely warm. ...

Edinburgh - Page 39
Black, of Edinburgh, that a vessel might be made, which, when filled with inflammable air, might ascend into the atmosphere, in consequence of its ...

Padua - Page 304
Some few years ago a lady made an ascension from Padua, in Italy, with a tissue paper fire balloon covered over with a net-work. ...

Albany - Page 100
Not many years ago, it was proposed in the city of New York to form a company to navigate the Hudson River between the above-named city and Albany, ...

Rouen - Page 70
Gourgan, about sixteen miles from Rouen. The inhabitants flocked around him, offering him assistance, and eager to gratify their curiosity. ...

Milan - Page 43
In the month of February of the same year, a balloon was constructed at Milan. This was only sixty-eight feet in diameter. ...

Windsor - Page 39
James Lind, physician at Windsor ; and here follows part of the letter : — " EDINBURGH, Nov. 13^, 1784. " DEAK SIR : The person who first discovered ...

Berlin - Page 227
that Gettysburg passed off towards Hagerstown, and that he saw Carlisle, Hanover, Ab- bottstown, Oxford, and Berlin strolling about ; and that soon ...

Oxford - Page 227
that Gettysburg passed off towards Hagerstown, and that he saw Carlisle, Hanover, Ab- bottstown, Oxford, and Berlin strolling about ; and that soon ...

Waterloo - Page 135
Rochester, Canterbury, Dover, Calais, Cassel, Ypres, Courtray, Lille, Auden- aerde, Ath, Brussels, with the renowned fields of Waterloo and Genappe, ...

Cairo - Page 63
AFTER the capitulation at Cairo, the balloon which had been sent to Egypt was returned to Paris, after the French army had returned from the African ...

Quito - Page 72
The people of Quito live comfortably 9560 feet above the level of the sea ; and the shepherds of the hamlet of Anti- sana, the highest inhabited spot ...

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