Chapter1 綺麗海盜船 A Gorgeous Corsair (第2/30頁)
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ThedayofourascensionwasthatofthegreatfairofSetember,whichattractsalltheworldtoFrankfort.Theaaratusforfllingwascomosedofsixhogsheadsarrangedaroundalargevat,hermeticallysealed.Thehydrogengas,evolvedbythecontactofwaterwithironandsulhuricacid,assedfromthefrstreservoirstothesecond,andthenceintotheimmenseglobe,whichwasthusgraduallyinflated.Theserearationsoccuiedallthemorning,andabout11oclock,theballoonwasthree-quartersfull;sufficientlyso;foraswerise,theatmoshericlayersdiminishindensity,andthegas,confinedwithintheaerostat,acquiringmoreelasticity,mightotherwiseburstitsenveloe.Mycalculationshadfurnishedmewiththeexactmeasurementofgasrequiredtocarrymycomanionsandmyselftoaconsiderableheight.
Weweretoascendatnoon.Itwastrulyamagnifcentsectacle,thatoftheimatientcrowdwhothrongedaroundthereservedenclosure,inundatedtheentiresquareandadjoiningstreets,andcoveredtheneighbouringhousesfromthebasementstotheslatedroofs.Thehighwindsofastdayshadlulled,andano