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Preface

Introduction

Attempts in Ancient Times to fly in the Air

The Theory of Balloons

The First Public Trial of the Balloon—Montgolfier's Balloon, Annonay, June 5th, 1783

Second Experiment—Charle's Balloon, Paris, Champ de Mars, August 27, 1783

Third Experiment—Montgolfier's Balloon, Paris, Faubourg St. Antoine

Fourth Experiment—Versailles, September 19, 1783, in presence of Louis XVI.

Men and Balloons

The First Aerial Voyage—Roziers and Arlandes

The Second Aerial Voyage—Charles and Robert at the Tuileries, December 1, 1783

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

Experiments and Studies—Blanchard at Talis—Guyton de Morveau at Dijon

Experiments in Montgolfières—Roders and Proust—The Duke of Chartres—The Comte d'Artois—Voyage of the Abbé Camus to Rodez

Serio-comic Aspects of the Subject—The Public duped— The Abbés Miolan and Janninct at the Luxembourg— Caricatures—The "Minerva" of Robertson, and its Voyage round the World

The First Aerial Voyage in England—Blanchard crosses the Sea in a Balloon

Zambeccari's Perilous Trip across the Adriatic Sea

Garnerin—Parachutes—Aerostation at Public Fêtes

Green's Great Journey across Europe

The "Géant" Balloon

The Necrology of Aeronautics

Experiments of Robertson, Lhoest, Saccarof, &c.

Ascent of M. Gay-Lussac alone—Excursions of MM. Barral and Bixio

The Ascents of Messrs. Welsh, Glaisher, and Coxwell

Balloons made useful in Warfare