An account of the first aërial voyage in England : in a series of letters to his guardian, Chevalier Gherardo Compagni, written under the impressions of the various events that affected the undertaking / by Vincent Lunardi.

  • Lunardi, Vincent, 1759-1806.
Date:
1784
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: An account of the first aërial voyage in England : in a series of letters to his guardian, Chevalier Gherardo Compagni, written under the impressions of the various events that affected the undertaking / by Vincent Lunardi. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ) [ 66 ] Oar country will gratefully boaft of your name. And LUNARDI be plac’d on the bright fcroll of fame., With the warmefi: acclaims of the Public applauded. By Philosophers lov’d-—By the Muse too recorded !— Amidfl all thefe honors, a Granger who fir’d By what he beheld, what yourfelf have infpir’d, Hound your temples while this little tribute he wreaths. Thus with zeal his fond willies propnetick he breathes. Long enjoy Th’ Aerial Throne you now fit on! And live, ah ! long live,—The Columbus of Britain ! r I