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CONTENTS
CHAPTER VI.
Third Experiment—Montgolfier's Balloon, Paris, Faubourg St. Antoine 47
CHAPTER VII.
Fourth Experiment—Versailles, September 19, 1783, in presence of Louis XVI. 51
CHAPTER VIII.
Men and Balloons 56
CHAPTER IX.
The First Aerial Voyage—Roziers and Arlandes 61
CHAPTER X.
The Second Aerial Voyage—Charles and Robert at the Tuileries, December 1, 1783 74
 
 
PART II.
HISTORY OF AEROSTATION FROM THE YEAR 1783.
CHAPTER I.
The Open Route—Travels and Travellers—Great Increase in the Number of Air Voyages—Lyons, Ascent of "Le Flesselles"—Milan, Ascent of Adriani—Flight of a Balloon from London—Lost Balloons in the Chief Towns of Europe 87
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