3-071-253 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Through the Clouds by Day and Night - A Remarkable Balloon Voyage by Mr. Coxwell, Accompanied by Mr. Powell, and our Special Artist. Narrated by Henry Coxwell, 1881. '1. Very nearly up a tree: out goes the ballast, and up we go. 2. Three miles high. 3. Over Sedgemoor with "Will-o'-the-Wisp." 4. How to avoid bush-fighting. 5. After landing Mr. Coxwell asks for water; but Mr. Powell finds the bottle a solid mass of ice. 6. Arctic aspect of balloon next morning'. From "Illustrated London News", 1881.