Aero Library: Balloons and Powered Balloons

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1838
Aeronautica; or, Sketches illustrative of the theory and practice of aerostation; comprising an enlarged account of the late aerial expedition to Germany
by Monck Mason

1871
Travels in the Air
by James Glashier, W. De Fontville and Gaston Tissandier

1880
Note sur la Direction des AeĢrostats [French]
An elegant engineering proposal for a powered blimp.
by L.-Gabriel Yon

1894
Aerostation Civile & Militaire [French]
by L.-Gabriel Yon