The aeronauts: travels in the air

Foreword / by Prof. Liz Bentley

The first scientific ascents in England

My first ascent : Wolverhampton, July 17, 1862

Ascents from the Crystal Palace, april 18 and July 11, 1863

Ascents from Wolverton, June 26, 1863 ; Ascents from the crystal Palace, July 21, 1863 ; Ascents from Windsor, May 29, 1866

Over London by day, March 31, 1863 ; Over London by night, October 2, 1865

Decrease of temperature with elevation ; Aneroid barometer ; Blackened bulb thermometer ; Lines in the spectrum ; Times of vibration of a magnet ; Different directions of the wind ; Velocity of the wind ; Physiology ovservations ; On the propagation of sounds

The high regions

Appearance of the earth viewed from a balloon.