Astra Castra Experiments and Adventures in the Atmosphere | Online Manuals

Astra Castra Experiments and Adventures in the Atmosphere has 639 pages long Cover dated 1865 Table of Contents; Chapter I- The Dawn of Navigation Compared with the Dawn of Aerostation Chapter II- Normal Clairvoyance "of Poets" Imagination Chapter III- Montgolfieres and Charlieres Chapter IV- The Charlo-Montgolfiere, The Death of Pilatre de Rozier Chapter V- Remarkable Ascents from 1800 TO 1825 Chapter VI- Remarkable Ascents from 1825 to 1840 Chapter VII- Remarkable Ascents from 1840 to 1863 Chapter VIII- War-Balloons Chapter IX- Methods Directing Aerostats Chapter X- Feeling Experience in Aerial Travelling in Calm and Storm Chapter XI- Caricature, and the Ridicule this Science has Undergone Chapter XII- Progress, or Review of the past Appendix.