Thomas Baldwin (Balloonist): Difference between revisions

(Created page with "Category: SiteIndex Category: People In 1785 the first issue of the Daily Universal Register, later known as The Times, was published in London. Later that year it reported, a remarkable balloon flight from Chester Castle. The aeronaut was Thomas Baldwin of Hoole. Several writers have described Baldwin as a dilettante who took his balloon flight "for a lark" and made no real scientific contribution to aeronautics. One even goes so far as to dismiss him as a "mer...")
 
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==Sources and Links==
 
* [https://library.si.edu/digital-library/book/airopaidia00bald Airopaidia]: free e-book - Baldwins original text;