Balloons Image from In nineteen hundred and three Image from Description des expériences de la machine aérostatique de MM. de Montgolfier Image from Description des expériences de la machine aérostatique de MM. de Montgolfier Image from Description des expériences de la machine aérostatique de MM. de Montgolfier Farewell! That is the Zeppelin in which I'll travel to New York Image from Altre scoverte fatte nella luna dal Sigr. Herschel Farewell! That is the Zeppelin in which I'll travel to New York A change in temperature allows the balloon to take off. Again Verne uses the laws of physics to provide for his heroes' salvation. The balloon is falling apart! Another exciting episode. Again in this "mirage " illustration, the engraver's name, "Riou" is missing. Men hunting an elephant from a hot air balloon. A resident being carried away by the balloon. The cataracts of Guinea. Verne intermingles the fanciful with reality the travellers end their trip at a well known location. Joe heaving overboard the tent of the gondola. Everything must go overboard when the gondola nears the ground. The lost balloon. Here Verne uses the possibility of a temperature inversion to create the mirage of a second balloon. The shot of Doctor Ferguson. Animals are expendable artifacts in Verne's novels. The balloon Victoria is snagged by an elephant. Illustration from the first page of "Five Weeks in a Balloon", showing the reader may expect volcanoes, lightning, and an exciting trip. Title page of an early French edition of "Five Weeks in a Balloon". One saw a shipwreck come in view. The third ascent was terminated by a grand fall. Here the picture illustrates an exciting moment in the story. The question of balloons. Verne was fascinated by balloon travel, and used it as a device in many of his novels.
A change in temperature allows the balloon to take off. Again Verne uses the laws of physics to provide for his heroes' salvation.
The cataracts of Guinea. Verne intermingles the fanciful with reality the travellers end their trip at a well known location.
Joe heaving overboard the tent of the gondola. Everything must go overboard when the gondola nears the ground.
The lost balloon. Here Verne uses the possibility of a temperature inversion to create the mirage of a second balloon.
Illustration from the first page of "Five Weeks in a Balloon", showing the reader may expect volcanoes, lightning, and an exciting trip.
The third ascent was terminated by a grand fall. Here the picture illustrates an exciting moment in the story.
The question of balloons. Verne was fascinated by balloon travel, and used it as a device in many of his novels.
