A Voyage in a Balloon

Contents

1. My Ascension at Frankfort

   The Balloon, the Gas, the Apparatus, the Ballast -- An Unexpected Traveling Companion -- Conversation in the Air -- Anecdotes -- At 800 Meters -- The Portfolio of the Pale Young Man -- Pictures and Caricatures -- Des Rosiers and d'Arlandes -- At 1200 Meters -- Atmospheric Phenomena -- The Philosopher Charles -- Systems -- Blanchard -- Guyton-Morveaux -- M. Julien -- M. Petin -- At 1500 Meters -- The Storm -- Great Personages in Balloons -- The Valve -- The Curious Animals -- The Aerial Ship -- Game of Balloons.

2. The Company of Aerostiers

   The Battle of Fleurus -- The Balloon over the Sea -- Blanchard and Jefferies -- A Drama such as is rarely seen -- 3000 Meters -- The Thunder beneath our Feet -- Gavnerin at Rome -- The Compass gone -- The Victims of Aerostation -- Pilatre -- At 4000 Meters -- The Barometer gone -- Descents of Olivari, Mosment, Bittorf, Harris, Sadler, and Madame Blanchard -- The Valve rendered useless -- 7000 Meters -- Zambecarri -- The Balloon Wrecked -- Incalculable Heights -- The Car Overset -- Despair -- Vertigo -- The Fall -- The Denouement.