The Naturalist . Mode of ijiflcLtirig the BaiLoonwith. Ji\ cirogen Gcur. **fe.^-* TL TrnUlfrnnT ^ff. tins - JfoUe of innuting the BatLoonwith Ihrirocfan G<zs. THE NATURALIST. OCTOBER, 1832 AEROSTATION. Aerostation, in the modern application of the term, signifiesthe art of navigating through the air, both in its principles and prac-tice. Hence also the machines which are employed for this pur-pose, are called aerostats, or aerostatic machines ; and, on accountof their round figure, air balloons. In 1729, Bartholomew Gas-man, a Jesuit, of Lisbon, caused an aerostatic machine, in th
The Naturalist . Mode of ijiflcLtirig the BaiLoonwith. Ji\ cirogen Gcur. **fe.^-* TL TrnUlfrnnT ^ff. tins - JfoUe of innuting the BatLoonwith Ihrirocfan G<zs. THE NATURALIST. OCTOBER, 1832 AEROSTATION. Aerostation, in the modern application of the term, signifiesthe art of navigating through the air, both in its principles and prac-tice. Hence also the machines which are employed for this pur-pose, are called aerostats, or aerostatic machines ; and, on accountof their round figure, air balloons. In 1729, Bartholomew Gas-man, a Jesuit, of Lisbon, caused an aerostatic machine, in theform of a bird, to be constructed ; and made it to ascend, bymeans of a fire kindled under it, in the presence of the king, queen,and a great concourse of spectators. Unfortunately, in rising, itstruck against a cornice, was torn, and fell to the ground. Theinventor proposed renewing his experiment ; but the people haddenounced him to the inquisition as a sorcerer, and he withdrewinto Spain, where he died in an hospital. In 1766, the Honora-ble Henry Cavendish discovered that inflam
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