The Aërial Mail
Anon
Genre: | Essay, Drollery |
Subjects: | Aeronautics, Military Technology, Invention |
Addressing the inventor of penny postage, Rowland Hill, proposes to send mailbags by balloon, the link between the bags and the balloon being broken by a fusee at a given distance from the General Post Office. | |
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