. The Saturday magazine . BLANCHARD S BALLOON AND STEERINO AIPARATfS. M. Blanchard, who afterwards acquired great cele-brity as an aeronaut, and whose attention had longbeen directed to the invention of mechanical aids tothe aerial voyager, made his first attempt in March,1784, at Paris, in a balloon filled with hydrogen the fears and imprudence of his companion,after having risen a few feet from the earth, theydescended with a severe shock ; but Blanchard, whonow took the sole management, rose to the height ofa mile; and, after having been driven through variouscurrents of air du
. The Saturday magazine . BLANCHARD S BALLOON AND STEERINO AIPARATfS. M. Blanchard, who afterwards acquired great cele-brity as an aeronaut, and whose attention had longbeen directed to the invention of mechanical aids tothe aerial voyager, made his first attempt in March,1784, at Paris, in a balloon filled with hydrogen the fears and imprudence of his companion,after having risen a few feet from the earth, theydescended with a severe shock ; but Blanchard, whonow took the sole management, rose to the height ofa mile; and, after having been driven through variouscurrents of air during nearly two hours, he de-gcended in safety. In .September, 1784, the Duke of Orleans, accom-panied by Messrs. Robert, ascended in a balloon fur-nished with oars and rudder; to this a small balloonwas attached, for the purpose of being inflated withNellows. siad thus supplying the means of descent without waste of the hydrogen gas. Having attainedthe altitude of fourteen hundred feet, they weregreatly alarmed at the so
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