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The air balloon: or a treatise on the aerostatic globe, lately invented by the celebrated Mons. Montgolfier of Paris
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Item No. 18:1. The Descent of the Air Balloon. : Monsieur de Montgolfiers Air Balloon, after having Ascended an Amazing heighth above the Clouds …
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Anonymous manuscript treatise on pneumatics, air balloons, geology, mines and coal
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The manuscript was written by an unknown author who was probably a male student in England in the 1840s (he mentions an article in a 1837 magazine on ballooning). In it, the author writes generally on several different topics including: pneumatics, air balloons, geology, mines and Sir Humphry Davy, and coal. It contains many hand-drawn diagrams and illustrations (some in color). The volume has many blank pages.
mssHM 76511