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As I have shown in my pamphlet, “Les Grands Ascensions Maritimes,” the British Channel is the proper field for trying maritime ascents and determining which are the best means for rendering balloons serviceable on sea as well as on land. I have had several conversations with Lhoste, my aëronautical pupil, on the circumstances of his audacious trip. I will confine myself to the scientific teaching of this expedition.
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DE FONVIELLE, W. Channel Ballooning. Nature 28, 173 (1883). https://doi.org/10.1038/028173a0
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