Aërostation

The article BALLOON, in the *Penny Cyclopædia*, would give C.B.M. a good many references. The early works there mentioned are those of Faujas de St. Fond, Bourgeois, and Cavallo; to which I add the following: Thomas Baldwin, *Airopaidia, containing the Narrative of a Balloon Excursion from Chester, Sept*. 8. 1785. Chester, 1786, 8vo. (pp. 360.). Vincent Lunardi published the account of his voyage (the first made in England) in a series of letters to a friend. The title is torn out in my copy. The first page begins, "An Account of the First Aërial Voyage in England. Letter I. London, July 15. 1…