A Disclosure of the Discovery and Invention and a Description of the Plan of Construction and Mode of Operation of the Aerostat, or a New Mode of Aerostation (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from A Disclosure of the Discovery and Invention and a Description of the Plan of Construction and Mode of Operation of the Aerostat, or a New Mode of AerostationIn the year 1672, Bishop Wilkins published a treatise, eu titled, The discovery of the New World, in which he men tions the true principles on which ballooning rests, quoting, from Albertus 'de Saxonia and Francis Mendoza, that the air is in some part ofit navigable, upon this static principle, that any brass or iron vessel whose substance is much heavier than that of water, yet being filled with lighter air it Will Swim upon it and not sink. But this project, like that of Bacon's, proved unsuccessful.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.