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From inside the book100 pages matching coxwell my life and balloon experiences in this book Page 233Page 234Page 241What people are saying - Write a reviewWe haven't found any reviews in the usual places. Contents
29 other sections not shown Common terms and phrasesaerial shells aerial voyage aeronaut aerostatic Aldershot altitude anchor aneroid aneroid barometer appeared ascent asked assistance atmosphere attempt ballast balloon ascent balloonist barometer beneath blue British Association Captain clear clouds Colonel course Coxwell Coxwell's Cremorne Gardens Crystal Palace cubic decrease descended dew-point direction distance dragging elevation experiments favourable feet high felt field fire balloon five miles gala gasometers gentleman Glaisher grapnel Green ground hand Harrow Hill heard height high ascent hour hygrometer inflated instruments interest Isle of Wight journey landing left the earth London looked lower Luke Howard military minutes morning never North Woolwich o'clock observations occasion parachute passed perceive persons railway rain reached rope rose sand scene scientific seemed seen soon temperature thermometers thick thought took trees trip valve visible whilst wind witness Wolverhampton References from web pagesJSTOR: Voyages of Discovery on Oceans of Air: Scientific ... Books in the Lighter-Than-Air Collection Bibliographic information
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