The Height of Six Miles' Experience
Anon
Genre: | Reportage, Spoof |
Subjects: | Meteorology, Aeronautics, Scientific Practitioners, Measurement |
Claims that James Glaisher did not know that 'some men could look smaller than they actually are' when viewed from a balloon. | |
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