The book Benjamin Franklin And the First Balloons was written by author Rotch, Abbott Lawrence, 1861-1912 Here you can read free online of Benjamin Franklin And the First Balloons book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is Benjamin Franklin And the First Balloons a good or bad book?
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Charles, Professor of Experimental Philosophy, & a zealous Promoter of that Science; and one of the Messieurs Robert, the very ingenious Constructors of the Machine. When it arrived at its height, which I sup- pose might be 3 or 400 Toises, it appeared to have only horizontal Motion. I had a Pocket Glass, with which I 15 follow'd it, till I lost Sight, first of the Men, then of the Car, and when I last saw the Balloon, it appear'd no bigger than a Walnut. I write this at 7 in the Evening. What ...became of them is not yet known here. I hope they descended by Day-light, so as to see & avoid falling among Trees or on Houses, and that the Experiment was completed without any mischievous Accident which the Novelty of it & the want of Experience might well occasion. I am the more anxious for the Event, because I am not well inform'd of the Means provided for letting themselves gently down, and the Loss of these very ingenious Men would not only be a Discouragement to the Progress of the Art, but be a sensible Loss to Science and Society.
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