![]() ![]() Views broader stars and breathes in purer gales More often than not, ballooning was celebrated by both poets and scientists. The era following this momentous occasion was not without casualties, but it did spark man's interest in travel to distant and remote places which at the time was long, dangerous, and tedious. Traveling from England to France by air was first done successfully by Blanchard and Jeffries on July 7, 1785. Space without bound, the bosom of their God!" ( Erasmus Darwin) "Onward they move, amid their bright abode, He predicted the concept that the universe consisted of countless suns - its Godly expanse enormous. Studying a distant nebula, heĬoncluded that what appeared to be hazy gases, were in fact countless stars circling about a center. In addition, Herschel was the first astronomer to conceive of deep space. The discovery of both Uranus and Saturn are his. Nor, England did I know till then what love I bore to thee." (Coleridge)ĭevoted his life to the study of the stars and planets with optical instruments he himself had made. "I traveled among unknown men, In lands beyond the sea ![]()
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