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Chapter Seven. Account of Nadar’s Balloon, “Le Géant.” First Ascent.
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As the “Giant” is the largest balloon that has yet been made, and as its experiences on the occasions of its first and second ascents1 were not only peculiar3 but terrible, we shall give an account of it in detail—commencing with its construction, and ending with the thrilling termination of its brief but wild career.
Monsieur Nadar, a photographer of Paris, was the enthusiastic and persevering4 aeronaut who called it into being, and encountered the perils5 of its ascents, from which he did not emerge scatheless6, as we shall see.
Besides being an experimental voyager in cloudland, Monsieur Nadar started a newspaper named L’Aéronaute, in which he gives an account of the “Giant,” and his reasons for constructing it.
These latter were peculiar. He is emphatic7 in asserting that the huge balloon was never intended by him to be an “end,” but a mere8 stepping-stone to an end—which end was the construction of an aeromotive—a machine which was to be driven by means of a screw, and which he intended should supersede9 balloons altogether, so that his own “Giant” was meant to be the last of its race!
In reference to this, Monsieur Nadar tells us that he was deeply impressed with the belief that the screw would ultimately become our aerial motor, but that, being ignorant of what it was likely the experiments of this first aeromotive would cost, he had resolved, instead of begging for funds to enable him to accomplish his great end, to procure10 funds for himself in the following manner:—
“I shall,” says he, “make a balloon—the last balloon—in proportions
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ascents
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n.上升( ascent的名词复数 );(身份、地位等的)提高;上坡路;攀登 | |
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n.(声望或地位)提高;上升,升高;登高 | |
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极大危险( peril的名词复数 ); 危险的事(或环境) | |
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vt.获得,取得,促成;vi.拉皮条 | |
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dilation
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admiration
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royalty
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dame
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entirely
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ad.全部地,完整地;完全地,彻底地 | |
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compensator
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undesirable
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vt./vi.传下来,下来,下降 | |
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concussion
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inflated
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adj.(价格)飞涨的;(通货)膨胀的;言过其实的;充了气的v.使充气(于轮胎、气球等)( inflate的过去式和过去分词 );(使)膨胀;(使)通货膨胀;物价上涨 | |
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incapable
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suffocation
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infantry
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cavalry
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circumference
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upwards
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surmounted
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braced
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lashed
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tout
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v.推销,招徕;兜售;吹捧,劝诱 | |
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majestically
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雄伟地; 庄重地; 威严地; 崇高地 | |
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remarkable
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feat
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aeronautics
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inflicting
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把…强加给,使承受,遭受( inflict的现在分词 ) | |
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narrated
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attained
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ecstasy
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perilous
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considerably
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broached
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briefly
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marsh
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descended
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rupture
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