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Page 317
In the second ascent the enterprise being discovered by the enemy , a battery was brought to bear upon the balloon , but the aëronauts soon gained an elevation beyond the reach of the cannon . Another balloon , constructed by M. Conté ...
In the second ascent the enterprise being discovered by the enemy , a battery was brought to bear upon the balloon , but the aëronauts soon gained an elevation beyond the reach of the cannon . Another balloon , constructed by M. Conté ...
Page 362
But he soon found that ingress was even more difficult than egress . He had therefore only the alternative of remain- ing to be stared to death by the Gorgon eyes which he felt were still riveted upon him , for he dared not again raise ...
But he soon found that ingress was even more difficult than egress . He had therefore only the alternative of remain- ing to be stared to death by the Gorgon eyes which he felt were still riveted upon him , for he dared not again raise ...
Page 556
As a consequence , he became at the end of a few months the prey of a deep melancholy , which soon brought upon him an attack of con- sumption . He lost his appetite , and became , in a short time , thin and dry as a red herring he ...
As a consequence , he became at the end of a few months the prey of a deep melancholy , which soon brought upon him an attack of con- sumption . He lost his appetite , and became , in a short time , thin and dry as a red herring he ...
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