Balloons
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Related terms:Narrower terms:- Balloons -- Early works to 1800
- Balloons -- Juvenile fiction
- Balloons -- Scientific applications
- Hot air balloons
- Military balloons
- Aerostats
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The Dominion of the Air, by John M. Bacon (Gutenberg text)- Up in the Clouds, or, Balloon Voyages, by R. M. Ballantyne (Gutenberg text)
- Aeronautica: or, Sketches Illustrative of the Theory and Practice of Aerostation, Comprising an Enlarged Account of the Late Aerial Expedition to Germany (London: F. C. Westley, 1838), by Monck Mason (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Wonderful Balloon Ascents (1870), by Fulgence Marion (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
- Wonderful Balloon Ascents, or, The Conquest of the Skies: A History of Balloons and Balloon Voyages (New York: C. Scribner and Co., 1870), by Fulgence Marion (page images at HathiTrust)
- Wonderful Balloon Ascents, or, The Conquest of the Skies: A History of Balloons and Balloon Voyages (London et al.: Cassell Petter and Galpin, n.d.), by Fulgence Marion (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Annals of Some Remarkable Aërial and Alpine Voyages, Including Those of the Author; To Which Are Added, Observations of the Affections to Which Aerial and Mountain Travellers Are Liable, and an Essay on the Flight and Migration of Birds (London: Keating and Brown, 1832), by T. Forster (page images at HathiTrust)
- Astra Castra: Experiments and Adventures in the Atmosphere (London: Chapman and Hall, 1865), by Hatton Turnor
- Airopaidia: Containing the Narrative of a Balloon Excursion From Chester, the Eighth of September, 1785, Taken From Minutes Made During the Voyage (Chester, UK: Printed for the author, 1786), by Thomas Baldwin (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Little Red Balloon (Chicago et al.: P.F. Volland Co., c1918), by Caroline Hofman, illust. by Rachael Robinson Elmer (page images at childrensbooksonline.org)
- Rollo's Philosophy: Air (new revised edition; Boston: Phillips, Sampson and Co., c1855), by Jacob Abbott (Gutenberg text, illustrated HTML, and page images)
- The Roswell Report: Fact Versus Fiction in the New Mexico Desert (1995), by Richard L. Weaver and James McAndrew (PDF at dtic.mil)
- Cinq Semaines en Ballon: Voyages de Découvertes en Afrique par Trois Anglais (in French; Paris: J. Hetzel et cie, ca. 1867), by Jules Verne, illust. by Edouard Riou and H. de Montaut (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Five Weeks in a Balloon, by Jules Verne, trans. by William Lackland, illust. by Edouard Riou and H. de Montaut (illustrated HTML in Israel)
- Five Weeks in a Balloon, or, Journeys and Discoveries in Africa by Three Englishmen, by Jules Verne, trans. by William Lackland (Gutenberg text)
- Five Weeks in a Balloon: or, Journeys and Discoveries in Africa by Three Englishmen (New York: Hurst and Co., c1869), by Jules Verne, trans. by William Lackland
Items below (if any) are from related and broader terms.
Filed under: Aeronautics- NASA Contractor Report (partial serial archives)
- Reports and Memoranda, ed. by Great Britain Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, Great Britain Aeronautical Research Committee, and Aeronautical Research Council (Great Britain) (partial serial archives)
- NASA Technical Note (partial serial archives)
- Technical Note (National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics) (partial serial archives)
- Annals of Some Remarkable Aërial and Alpine Voyages, Including Those of the Author; To Which Are Added, Observations of the Affections to Which Aerial and Mountain Travellers Are Liable, and an Essay on the Flight and Migration of Birds (London: Keating and Brown, 1832), by T. Forster (page images at HathiTrust)
- Birdflight as the Basis of Aviation: A Contribution Towards a System of Aviation, Compiled from the Results of Numerous Experiments Made by O. and G. Lilienthal (London et al.: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1911), by Otto Lilienthal, trans. by A. W. Isenthal, contrib. by Gustav Lilienthal
- The Mastery of the Air, by William J. Claxton (Gutenberg text)
- The Chanute-Mouillard Correspondence, by Octave Chanute and Louis-Pierre Mouillard, trans. by Eugene Mortiz and M. Louise Kraus (HTML at msstate.edu)
- The Record of an Aeronaut: Being the Life of John M. Bacon (London: J. Long, 1907), by Gertrude Bacon
- Bibliography of Louis Pierre Mouillard (Lancaster, PA: The author, 1961), by Pearl I. Young (page images at HathiTrust)
- Airopaidia: Containing the Narrative of a Balloon Excursion From Chester, the Eighth of September, 1785, Taken From Minutes Made During the Voyage (Chester, UK: Printed for the author, 1786), by Thomas Baldwin (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Description of an Artificial Hand (also includes his "Practical Remarks on Aerial Navigation" and "Essay on the Means of Promoting Safety in Railway Carriages"; London: Tyler and Reed, 1845), by George Cayley (multiple formats at archive.org)
- A Project for Flying: In Earnest at Last! (New York: A. W. Macdonald, 1871), by Robert Hardley (page images at HathiTrust)
- A Project for Flying: In Earnest at Last! (1871), by Robert Hardley (Gutenberg text)
- Travels in the Air (London: R. Bentley, 1871), by James Glaisher, Camille Flammarion, W. de Fonvielle, and Gaston Tissandier (multiple formats at archive.org)
- With The Night Mail; and As Easy as A.B.C. (with notes, and illustrations from original publications; 2013), by Rudyard Kipling (PDF at Forgotten Futures)
- The Air Pirate (London: Hurst and Blackett, ca. 1919), by C. Ranger Gull
- By Airship to Ophir (London: J. F. Shaw and Co., 1911), by Fenton Ash (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
- The Flying Man: or, The Adventures of a Young Inventor (Boys' Star Library #187; 1891), by Harry Kennedy (multiple formats at archive.org)
- The Flying Family in Greenland (New York: T. Y. Crowell Co., c1935), by George R. Hutchinson (page images at HathiTrust)
- I Fly for News (New York: A. and C. Boni, 1932), by Larry Rue (page images at HathiTrust)
- Aeronautica: or, Sketches Illustrative of the Theory and Practice of Aerostation, Comprising an Enlarged Account of the Late Aerial Expedition to Germany (London: F. C. Westley, 1838), by Monck Mason (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Astra Castra: Experiments and Adventures in the Atmosphere (London: Chapman and Hall, 1865), by Hatton Turnor
- A History of Aeronautics, by Evelyn Charles Vivian (Gutenberg text)
- An Account of Five Aerial Voyages in Scotland, in a Series of Letters to his Guardian, Chevalier Gerardo Compagni (London: Printed for the author, and sold by J. Bell, 1786), by Vincent Lunardi (page images at HathiTrust)
- Annals of Some Remarkable Aërial and Alpine Voyages, Including Those of the Author; To Which Are Added, Observations of the Affections to Which Aerial and Mountain Travellers Are Liable, and an Essay on the Flight and Migration of Birds (London: Keating and Brown, 1832), by T. Forster (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Dominion of the Air, by John M. Bacon (Gutenberg text)
- Travels in the Air (London: R. Bentley, 1871), by James Glaisher, Camille Flammarion, W. de Fonvielle, and Gaston Tissandier (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Wonderful Balloon Ascents (1870), by Fulgence Marion (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
- Wonderful Balloon Ascents, or, The Conquest of the Skies: A History of Balloons and Balloon Voyages (New York: C. Scribner and Co., 1870), by Fulgence Marion (page images at HathiTrust)
- Wonderful Balloon Ascents, or, The Conquest of the Skies: A History of Balloons and Balloon Voyages (London et al.: Cassell Petter and Galpin, n.d.), by Fulgence Marion (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Advanced Technology for Human Support in Space, by National Research Council Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board (page images and partial HTML at NAP)
- The Future of Air Traffic Control: Human Operators and Automation, ed. by Christopher D. Wickens, Anne S. Mavor, Raja Pasasuraman, and James P. McGee (page images with commentary at NAP)
- Flight to the Future: Human Factors in Air Traffic Control, ed. by Christopher D. Wickens, Anne S. Mavor, and James P. McGee (page images and partial HTML at NAP)
- The Flying Squad (c1927), by William Avery Bishop and Rothesay Stuart-Wortley (HTML in Canada; NO US ACCESS)
- The Aeroplane Boys Among the Clouds: or, Young Aviators in a Wreck (1912), by John Luther Langworthy (Gutenberg text)
- The Aeroplane Boys Flight: or, A Hydroplane Roundup, by John Luther Langworthy (Gutenberg text)
- The Aeroplane Boys on the Wing: or, Aeroplane Chums in the Tropics (1912), by John Luther Langworthy (Gutenberg text)
- Air Service Boys Over the Atlantic: or, The Longest Flight on Record, by Charles Amory Beach (Gutenberg text)
- Burton of the Flying Corps (London: H. Frowde, Hodder and Stoughton, c1916), by Herbert Strang, illust. by C. E. Brock (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
- Dave Dashaway and His Hydroplane, or, Daring Adventures Over The Great Lakes, by Roy Rockwood (Gutenberg text)
- The Girl Aviators' Motor Butterfly (1912), by Margaret Burnham, illust. by Charles L. Wrenn (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
- The Girl Aviators on Golden Wings, by Margaret Burnham (Gutenberg text)
- L'Aventure de Nicolas Corbin (in French; Paris: Ch. Delagrave, 1890), by Maurice Champagne, illust. by René Giffey (multiple formats at archive.org)
- On a Torn-Away World, or, The Captives of the Great Earthquake, by Roy Rockwood
- Round the World in Seven Days (1910), by Herbert Strang, illust. by A. C. Michael (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
- Tom Swift and His Chest of Secrets: or, Tracing the Stolen Inventions (New York : Grosset and Dunlap, c1925), by Victor Appleton (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Boy Scouts of the Air at Cape Peril (Chicago: Reilly and Lee, 1921), by Gordon Stuart (multiple formats at archive.org)
- The Boy Scouts of the Air at Eagle Camp (Chicago: Reilly and Britton Co., c1912), by Gordon Stuart, illust. by N. P. Hall (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Boy Scouts of the Air at Greenwood School (Chicago: Reilly and Britton Co., c1912), by Gordon Stuart, illust. by N. P. Hall (multiple formats at archive.org)
- The Boy Scouts of the Air in Indian Land (Chicago: Reilly and Britton Co., c1912), by Gordon Stuart, illust. by N. P. Hall (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
- The Boy Scouts of the Air on Lost Island, by Gordon Stuart (Gutenberg text)
- The Boy Scouts of the Air with Pershing (Chicago : Reilly and Lee Co., c1919), by Gordon Stuart, illust. by Joseph W. Wyckoff (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Boy Scouts of the Flying Squadron, by Robert Shaler (Gutenberg text)
- The Flying Girl (published under "Edith Van Dyne" pseudonym; Chicago: Reilly and Britton Co., c1911), by L. Frank Baum, illust. by Josef Pierre Nuyttens (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
- Tom Swift and His Air Scout, by Victor Appleton (Gutenberg text)
- Tom Swift and His Sky Racer, by Victor Appleton (Gutenberg text)
- Dave Dashaway, Air Champion: or, Wizard Work in the Clouds (New York: Cupples and Leon, c1915), by Roy Rockwood (page images at HathiTrust)
- Boy Scouts in an Airship: or, The Warning From the Sky, by G. Harvey Ralphson (Gutenberg text)
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