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第3章 空中历险记 3（第1页）

第3章空中历险记（3）

"Thetwoboldnavigatorsasthe21stofNovember，1783，fromthegardensofLaMuette，whichtheDauphinhadplacedattheirdisposal。Theaerostatrosemajestically，passedtheIsledeses，crossedtheSeiheBarrieredelad，diregitswaybetweeheInvalidesandL'Eilitaire，approachedSt。Sulpitheaeronautsihefire，asded，clearedtheBoulevard，anddesdedbeyondtheBarriered'Etouchedtheground，thecollapsed，aredesRosiersbesfolds。"

"Unfortunatepresage!"saidI，ihesedetails，whiearlye。

&queofhiscatastrophe，"repliedtheunknown，withsad;Youhaveexperiehingsimilar?"

"Nothing!"

"Bah!Misfortuepresage。"Andheremai。

Wewereadvangtowardsthesouth;themagediionofFrankfort，whichwasflyihourfeet。

"Perhapsweshallhaveastorm，"saidtheyoungman。

"Wewilldesdfirst。"

"Iwillbebettertoasd;emoresurely;"andtwobagsofsahro>

Theballoonroserapidly，awelvehuheowiherewasaslightbuzzinginmyears。heraysofthesulyontheglobe，and，dilatied，gaveitagreaterasalforce。Iid。

&qu，"saidtheyoungma;Wehavethreethousandfivehuoisesofrespirableair。Youroubleyourselfabs。"

Iwouldhaverisen，butavigoroushaainedmeo。

"Your;askedI。

"Myname!howdoesityou?"

"Ihavethehonourtoaskyour;

"IamcalledErostratusorEmpedocles，asyouplease。Areyouiheprogressofaerostatice?"

Hespokewithiess，andIaskedmyselfwithwhomIhadtodo。

"Mo;uedhe，"nothingedsihedaysofthephilosopherCharles。Fourmohediscoveryofaerostats，hehadihevalve，whichpermitsthegastoestheballoonistoofull，orwheodesd;thecar，whiaetobeeasilymawork，whiclosesthefabricoftheballoosbeingtooheavilypressed;theballast，whichisusedinasdgthespotofdest;thecoatofcaoutchouc，whidersthesilkimpermeable;thebarometer，whichdetermiained;and，finally，thehydrogen，which，fourteeerthanair，allowsofasostdistantatmosphericlayers，asexposuretoaerialbustioofDecember，1783，threehuhousahrouileries。Charlesasdthesoldierspresentedarms。Hetravelledniheair:managinghismaewithaskillneversincesurpassediicexperiments。TheKingferredonhimapensionoftwothousandlivres，forinthosedaysiionswereenced。Foreveryoerestedintheprogressofsce。"

Theunknowhaviolentagitation。

"I，Monsieur，havestudied;Iamsatisfiedthatthefirstaeronautsguidedtheirballoons。NottospeakofBlanchard，whhtbedoubted，atDijon，Guytoheaidofoarsandahelm，impartedtohismaesperceptiblemotions，adecideddireoreretly，atParis，awatchmaker，M。Julien，hasmadeattheHippodromegexperiments;for，articularmeism，anaerialapparatusofoblongformwasmalypropelledagainstthewiinplacedfourballoohhydrogen，injuxtaposition，and，bymeansofsailsdisposedhorizontallyandpartiallyfurled，hopedtoobtainadisturbaheequilibrium，whiius，shouldpelittoah。Butthemotivepowerdestiosurmouanceofts，—theheliginamovablemedium，wasunsuccessful。Ihavediscoveredtheohodofguidingballoons，andnotanAcademyhasyassistaacityhasfilledmysubslists，hasdeigeisinfamous!"

Hisgestisweresofuriousthatthecarexperieoss;Ihadmuchdiffirestraininghim。Meaheballooeredamorerapidt。Wewereadvanasoutherlydire，at1200metresi，almostaedtothisure。

"ThereisDarmstadt，"saidmypanion。"Doyouperceiveitsmageau?Thestorm-akestheoutlinesofobjectswaver;anditrequiresapractisedeyeties。"

"YouarethatitisDarmstadt?"

"Undoubtedly;wearesixleaguesfromFrankfort。"

"Thedesd。"

"Desd!youwouldnotalightupoeeples!"saidtheunknown，mogly。

"No;butintheenviroy。"

"Well，itistoowarm;letusremountalittle。"

&hus，heseizedsomebagsofballast。Iprecipitatedmyselfuponhim;but，withonehahrewme，aenedballoooaheightof1500metres。

"Sitdown，"saidhe，"anddetthatBrioschi，Biot，andGay-Lussadedtoaheightofseventhousares，iablishsomeificlaws。"