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My Ascension at Frankfort -- The Balloon, the Gas, the Apparatus, the Ballast -- An Unexpected Travelling Companion -- Conversation in the Air -- Anecdotes -- At 800 Metres[A] -- The Portfolio of the Pale Young Man -- Pictures and Caricatures -- Des Rosiers and d'Arlandes -- At 1200 Metres -- Atmospheric Phenomena -- The Philosopher Charles -- Systems -- Blanchard -- Guyton-Morveaux -- M. Julien -- M. Petin -- At 1500 Metres -- The Storm -- Great Personages in Balloons -- The Valve -- The Curious Animals -- The Aerial Ship -- Game of Balloons.
[Footnote A: A metre is equal to 39.33 English inches.]