The balloons of citizen Campenas, or Aerial castles realized . An essay on submarine navigation. The rafts of citizen Monge. Contre-rafts, or bomb-floats. With plates. By Francis Olivari, professor of modern languages and mathematics.

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The balloons of citizen Campenas, or Aerial castles realized . An essay on submarine navigation. The rafts of citizen Monge. Contre-rafts, or bomb-floats. With plates. By Francis Olivari, professor of modern languages and mathematics.