Last year we featured the Montgolfier brothers and the first hot-air balloon flight in June, 1783. This year the view from above the clouds is wonderfully represented by this volume from just a few years later, Airopaidia: containing the narrative of a balloon excursion from Chester, the eighth of September, 1785.
A description from the Libraries catalog:
Airopaidia: containing the narrative of a balloon excursion from Chester, the eighth of September, 1785, taken from minutes made during the voyage: hints on the improvement of balloons . . . to which is subjoined mensuration of heights by the barometer, made plain; with extensive tables. The whole serving as an introduction to aërial navigation. With a copious index.
—Elizabeth Periale
Image:
Thomas Baldwin, Airopaidia: containing the narrative of a balloon excursion from Chester, the eighth of September, 1785,, 1786, A Balloon Prospect from above the Clouds.
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