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Title
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Thomas Baldwin (18th century) Airopaidia: Containing the Narrative of a Balloon Excursion from Chester, the Eighth of September, 1785
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Description
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Printed for the author, by J. Fletcher Chester, 1786 [Porteus] 10 (SR) Observing and studying the weather connects humans with their environment. This book traces the balloon voyage of Thomas Baldwin between Chester, Warrington and Rixton-Moss on 8 September 1785. His published account describes the changes in temperature, atmosphere and sensations he experienced. He recounts the joy and awe inspired in him as the balloon brings him closer to the skies: “... what Scenes of Grandeur and Beauty! ...to look down on the unexpected Change already wrought in the Works of Art and Nature, contracted to a Span by the new perspective, diminished almost beyond the Bounds of Credibility”
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Creator
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Thomas Baldwin
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Date
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1786
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Identifier
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[Porteus] 10 (SR)
A Thousand Words for Weather
