Travels in the Air
"You may be familiar with James' Glaisher's story from the film The Aeronauts." - The Aeronauts: Travels in the Air (2019)
James Glaisher, with his captain, Mr. Coxwell, went higher than any one before or after." -Chatterbox 1905
"James Glaisher, who made 28 balloon ascents between 1862 and 1866, was almost asphyxiated while trying to sample the composition of air at 29,000 feet." - ITOS: Night-day Meteorological Satellite (1970)
"Glaisher was not dead. To Coxwell's immense relief he began to stir and mumble." -Falling Upwards: How We Took to the Air (2013)
"High-altitude balloonist never again tried to fly without oxygen, as Coxwell and Glaisher did. Their 1862 feat stands unmatched." - Sky Sailors: True Stories of the Balloon Era (2014)
"Glaisher saw a terrifying sight. Coxwell had clambered out of the basket." The Weather Experiment (2015)
"The most remarkable ascents ever made for scientific purposes were those of James Glaisher." - The Condensed American Cyclopaedia (1877)
"James Glaisher and Henry Coxwell had a narrow escape in 1862 when they ventured too high and passed out from lack of oxygen." -Air Force Magazine (1954)
Becoming insensible at the height of seven miles, whilst his pilot Henry Coxwell became so powerless as to be unable to grasp the valve-rope with his hands, scientist James Glaisher would survive to tell this tale and others in his 1871 book "Travels in the Air." This ascent would later become the basis for the 2019 major motion picture "The Aeronauts."
Glaisher not only gives us the full history of his aerial travels, but illustrates them by such complete diagrams and artistic pictures as to enable us to enjoy half the pleasures of aerial travel without its dangers. Also included in are Parts II & III are accounts of ballooning by other famous aeronauts Camille Flammarion, Wilfrid de Fonvielle, Gaston Tissandier.
The Aeronauts, released in 2019, includes a fictionalized account of the 5 September 1862 flight. The film depicts fictional pilot Amelia Wren, a composite of real-life female balloonists, joining Glaisher in an epic fight for survival while attempting to make discoveries in a gas balloon. The movie omits Henry Coxwell entirely.
In describing the record-setting near-fatal ascent, Glaisher writes:
"Coxwell told me that while in the ring, he felt it piercingly cold...he found his hands frozen. ... he then noticed that my legs projected and my arms hung down by my side, and saw that my countenance was serene and placid...then it struck him that I was insensible. He wished to approach me, but could not; and when he felt insensibility coming over him too, he became anxious to open the valve. But in consequence of having lost the use of his hands he could not do this; ultimately he succeeded by seizing the cord with his teeth..."
The book is full of the vivid writing for which these authors were renowned, and enlivened with personal digressions to an extent unusual in a scientific work. The book is profusely illustrated from sketches, giving an idea of the splendour of cloud scenery as seen from above.
About the authors:
James Glaisher FRS (1809 –1903) was an English meteorologist, aeronaut and astronomer. He was a founding member of the Meteorological Society (1850) and the Aeronautical Society of Great Britain (1866). He was president of the Royal Meteorological Society from 1867 to 1868. Between 1862 and 1866, usually with Henry Tracey Coxwell as his co-pilot, Glaisher made numerous ascents to measure the temperature and humidity of the atmosphere at its highest levels. His ascent on 5 September 1862 broke the world record for altitude, but he passed out around 8,800 metres (28,900 feet) before a reading could be taken. One of the pigeons making the trip with him died.
Other authors (of Parts II & III) Camille Flammarion (1842–1925), Wilfrid de Fonvielle (1824–1914), Gaston Tissandier (1843–1899) were all famous and noteworthy aeronauts in their own right
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James Glaisher, with his captain, Mr. Coxwell, went higher than any one before or after." -Chatterbox 1905
"James Glaisher, who made 28 balloon ascents between 1862 and 1866, was almost asphyxiated while trying to sample the composition of air at 29,000 feet." - ITOS: Night-day Meteorological Satellite (1970)
"Glaisher was not dead. To Coxwell's immense relief he began to stir and mumble." -Falling Upwards: How We Took to the Air (2013)
"High-altitude balloonist never again tried to fly without oxygen, as Coxwell and Glaisher did. Their 1862 feat stands unmatched." - Sky Sailors: True Stories of the Balloon Era (2014)
"Glaisher saw a terrifying sight. Coxwell had clambered out of the basket." The Weather Experiment (2015)
"The most remarkable ascents ever made for scientific purposes were those of James Glaisher." - The Condensed American Cyclopaedia (1877)
"James Glaisher and Henry Coxwell had a narrow escape in 1862 when they ventured too high and passed out from lack of oxygen." -Air Force Magazine (1954)
Becoming insensible at the height of seven miles, whilst his pilot Henry Coxwell became so powerless as to be unable to grasp the valve-rope with his hands, scientist James Glaisher would survive to tell this tale and others in his 1871 book "Travels in the Air." This ascent would later become the basis for the 2019 major motion picture "The Aeronauts."
Glaisher not only gives us the full history of his aerial travels, but illustrates them by such complete diagrams and artistic pictures as to enable us to enjoy half the pleasures of aerial travel without its dangers. Also included in are Parts II & III are accounts of ballooning by other famous aeronauts Camille Flammarion, Wilfrid de Fonvielle, Gaston Tissandier.
The Aeronauts, released in 2019, includes a fictionalized account of the 5 September 1862 flight. The film depicts fictional pilot Amelia Wren, a composite of real-life female balloonists, joining Glaisher in an epic fight for survival while attempting to make discoveries in a gas balloon. The movie omits Henry Coxwell entirely.
In describing the record-setting near-fatal ascent, Glaisher writes:
"Coxwell told me that while in the ring, he felt it piercingly cold...he found his hands frozen. ... he then noticed that my legs projected and my arms hung down by my side, and saw that my countenance was serene and placid...then it struck him that I was insensible. He wished to approach me, but could not; and when he felt insensibility coming over him too, he became anxious to open the valve. But in consequence of having lost the use of his hands he could not do this; ultimately he succeeded by seizing the cord with his teeth..."
The book is full of the vivid writing for which these authors were renowned, and enlivened with personal digressions to an extent unusual in a scientific work. The book is profusely illustrated from sketches, giving an idea of the splendour of cloud scenery as seen from above.
About the authors:
James Glaisher FRS (1809 –1903) was an English meteorologist, aeronaut and astronomer. He was a founding member of the Meteorological Society (1850) and the Aeronautical Society of Great Britain (1866). He was president of the Royal Meteorological Society from 1867 to 1868. Between 1862 and 1866, usually with Henry Tracey Coxwell as his co-pilot, Glaisher made numerous ascents to measure the temperature and humidity of the atmosphere at its highest levels. His ascent on 5 September 1862 broke the world record for altitude, but he passed out around 8,800 metres (28,900 feet) before a reading could be taken. One of the pigeons making the trip with him died.
Other authors (of Parts II & III) Camille Flammarion (1842–1925), Wilfrid de Fonvielle (1824–1914), Gaston Tissandier (1843–1899) were all famous and noteworthy aeronauts in their own right
Travels in the Air
"You may be familiar with James' Glaisher's story from the film The Aeronauts." - The Aeronauts: Travels in the Air (2019)
James Glaisher, with his captain, Mr. Coxwell, went higher than any one before or after." -Chatterbox 1905
"James Glaisher, who made 28 balloon ascents between 1862 and 1866, was almost asphyxiated while trying to sample the composition of air at 29,000 feet." - ITOS: Night-day Meteorological Satellite (1970)
"Glaisher was not dead. To Coxwell's immense relief he began to stir and mumble." -Falling Upwards: How We Took to the Air (2013)
"High-altitude balloonist never again tried to fly without oxygen, as Coxwell and Glaisher did. Their 1862 feat stands unmatched." - Sky Sailors: True Stories of the Balloon Era (2014)
"Glaisher saw a terrifying sight. Coxwell had clambered out of the basket." The Weather Experiment (2015)
"The most remarkable ascents ever made for scientific purposes were those of James Glaisher." - The Condensed American Cyclopaedia (1877)
"James Glaisher and Henry Coxwell had a narrow escape in 1862 when they ventured too high and passed out from lack of oxygen." -Air Force Magazine (1954)
Becoming insensible at the height of seven miles, whilst his pilot Henry Coxwell became so powerless as to be unable to grasp the valve-rope with his hands, scientist James Glaisher would survive to tell this tale and others in his 1871 book "Travels in the Air." This ascent would later become the basis for the 2019 major motion picture "The Aeronauts."
Glaisher not only gives us the full history of his aerial travels, but illustrates them by such complete diagrams and artistic pictures as to enable us to enjoy half the pleasures of aerial travel without its dangers. Also included in are Parts II & III are accounts of ballooning by other famous aeronauts Camille Flammarion, Wilfrid de Fonvielle, Gaston Tissandier.
The Aeronauts, released in 2019, includes a fictionalized account of the 5 September 1862 flight. The film depicts fictional pilot Amelia Wren, a composite of real-life female balloonists, joining Glaisher in an epic fight for survival while attempting to make discoveries in a gas balloon. The movie omits Henry Coxwell entirely.
In describing the record-setting near-fatal ascent, Glaisher writes:
"Coxwell told me that while in the ring, he felt it piercingly cold...he found his hands frozen. ... he then noticed that my legs projected and my arms hung down by my side, and saw that my countenance was serene and placid...then it struck him that I was insensible. He wished to approach me, but could not; and when he felt insensibility coming over him too, he became anxious to open the valve. But in consequence of having lost the use of his hands he could not do this; ultimately he succeeded by seizing the cord with his teeth..."
The book is full of the vivid writing for which these authors were renowned, and enlivened with personal digressions to an extent unusual in a scientific work. The book is profusely illustrated from sketches, giving an idea of the splendour of cloud scenery as seen from above.
About the authors:
James Glaisher FRS (1809 –1903) was an English meteorologist, aeronaut and astronomer. He was a founding member of the Meteorological Society (1850) and the Aeronautical Society of Great Britain (1866). He was president of the Royal Meteorological Society from 1867 to 1868. Between 1862 and 1866, usually with Henry Tracey Coxwell as his co-pilot, Glaisher made numerous ascents to measure the temperature and humidity of the atmosphere at its highest levels. His ascent on 5 September 1862 broke the world record for altitude, but he passed out around 8,800 metres (28,900 feet) before a reading could be taken. One of the pigeons making the trip with him died.
Other authors (of Parts II & III) Camille Flammarion (1842–1925), Wilfrid de Fonvielle (1824–1914), Gaston Tissandier (1843–1899) were all famous and noteworthy aeronauts in their own right
James Glaisher, with his captain, Mr. Coxwell, went higher than any one before or after." -Chatterbox 1905
"James Glaisher, who made 28 balloon ascents between 1862 and 1866, was almost asphyxiated while trying to sample the composition of air at 29,000 feet." - ITOS: Night-day Meteorological Satellite (1970)
"Glaisher was not dead. To Coxwell's immense relief he began to stir and mumble." -Falling Upwards: How We Took to the Air (2013)
"High-altitude balloonist never again tried to fly without oxygen, as Coxwell and Glaisher did. Their 1862 feat stands unmatched." - Sky Sailors: True Stories of the Balloon Era (2014)
"Glaisher saw a terrifying sight. Coxwell had clambered out of the basket." The Weather Experiment (2015)
"The most remarkable ascents ever made for scientific purposes were those of James Glaisher." - The Condensed American Cyclopaedia (1877)
"James Glaisher and Henry Coxwell had a narrow escape in 1862 when they ventured too high and passed out from lack of oxygen." -Air Force Magazine (1954)
Becoming insensible at the height of seven miles, whilst his pilot Henry Coxwell became so powerless as to be unable to grasp the valve-rope with his hands, scientist James Glaisher would survive to tell this tale and others in his 1871 book "Travels in the Air." This ascent would later become the basis for the 2019 major motion picture "The Aeronauts."
Glaisher not only gives us the full history of his aerial travels, but illustrates them by such complete diagrams and artistic pictures as to enable us to enjoy half the pleasures of aerial travel without its dangers. Also included in are Parts II & III are accounts of ballooning by other famous aeronauts Camille Flammarion, Wilfrid de Fonvielle, Gaston Tissandier.
The Aeronauts, released in 2019, includes a fictionalized account of the 5 September 1862 flight. The film depicts fictional pilot Amelia Wren, a composite of real-life female balloonists, joining Glaisher in an epic fight for survival while attempting to make discoveries in a gas balloon. The movie omits Henry Coxwell entirely.
In describing the record-setting near-fatal ascent, Glaisher writes:
"Coxwell told me that while in the ring, he felt it piercingly cold...he found his hands frozen. ... he then noticed that my legs projected and my arms hung down by my side, and saw that my countenance was serene and placid...then it struck him that I was insensible. He wished to approach me, but could not; and when he felt insensibility coming over him too, he became anxious to open the valve. But in consequence of having lost the use of his hands he could not do this; ultimately he succeeded by seizing the cord with his teeth..."
The book is full of the vivid writing for which these authors were renowned, and enlivened with personal digressions to an extent unusual in a scientific work. The book is profusely illustrated from sketches, giving an idea of the splendour of cloud scenery as seen from above.
About the authors:
James Glaisher FRS (1809 –1903) was an English meteorologist, aeronaut and astronomer. He was a founding member of the Meteorological Society (1850) and the Aeronautical Society of Great Britain (1866). He was president of the Royal Meteorological Society from 1867 to 1868. Between 1862 and 1866, usually with Henry Tracey Coxwell as his co-pilot, Glaisher made numerous ascents to measure the temperature and humidity of the atmosphere at its highest levels. His ascent on 5 September 1862 broke the world record for altitude, but he passed out around 8,800 metres (28,900 feet) before a reading could be taken. One of the pigeons making the trip with him died.
Other authors (of Parts II & III) Camille Flammarion (1842–1925), Wilfrid de Fonvielle (1824–1914), Gaston Tissandier (1843–1899) were all famous and noteworthy aeronauts in their own right
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| BN ID: | 2940161123126 |
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| Publisher: | Far West Travel Adventure |
| Publication date: | 04/28/2022 |
| Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
| Format: | eBook |
| File size: | 10 MB |
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