| | Book | Requires cookie* | | 1 | Title: | Astra castra: experiments and adventures in the atmosphere
| | | | Creator: | Turnor, Christopher Hatton, 1840-1914 | | | | Publication: | Chapman and Hall, London,1865. | | | | Notes: | "Roll of the first 500 aeronauts, with the date and place of their first ascents": p. [457]-462. Includes index. "Books hitherto published on aerostation": p. 463-465. | | | | Call #: | TL515 T956 Oversize | | | | Extent: | xxiii, 530 p. : front., illus., plates, ports. ; 32 cm. | | | | Subjects: | Aeronautics -- History | Balloons | Balloon ascensions
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| Book | Requires cookie* | | 2 | Title: | First aerial voyage across the English Channel: diary of Dr. John Jeffries, the Aeronaut
| | | | Creator: | Jeffries, John, 1745-1819 | | | | | Public Library of Fort Wayne and Allen County | | | | Publication: | The Library, Fort Wayne, Ind,1955. | | | | Notes: | Originally printed in The Magazine of American History, vol. XIII, January 1885. | | | | Call #: | F37DC F74 no. 51 | | | | Extent: | 22 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cm. | | | | Subjects: | Balloonists | Balloon ascensions | Aeronautics -- History
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| Book | Requires cookie* | | 3 | Title: | Travels in the air
| | | | Alt. Title: | Voyages aeriens. English
| | | | Creator: | Glaisher, James, 1809-1903 | | | | | Flammarion, Camille, 1842-1925 | | | | | Fonvielle, W. de (Wilfrid), 1824-1914 | | | | | Tissandier, Gaston, 1843-1899 | | | | Publication: | J.B. Lippincott, Philadelphia,1871. | | | | Call #: | TL620 A1G544 | | | | Extent: | xxix, 398 p. : illus. (some col.) ; 26 cm. | | | | Subjects: | Balloon ascensions | Aeronautics -- History | Aeronautics -- Early works to 1900
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| Book | Requires cookie* | | 4 | Title: | Travels in the air
| | | | Alt. Title: | Voyages aeriens. English
| | | | Creator: | Glaisher, James, 1809-1903 | | | | | Flammarion, Camille, 1842-1925 | | | | | Fonvielle, W. de (Wilfrid), 1824-1914 | | | | | Tissandier, Gaston, 1843-1899 | | | | Publication: | R. Bentley & Son, London,1871. | | | | Call #: | TL620 A1G544a | | | | Extent: | xxix, 398 p. : col. front., 5 col. pl., maps, diagrs. ; 26 cm. | | | | Subjects: | Balloon ascensions | Aeronautics -- History | Aeronautics -- Early works to 1900
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