| He had the combination of two of the sections of pigeonholes, aerostatics and intelligence. |
| In aviation no less than in aerostatics the record of the United States is negligible. |
| He was also one of the first to understand what is now known as aerostatics, as he maintained that a light balloon would rise and remain suspended in the air if a particle of fire were enclosed in it. |
| The first volume covered dynamics, mechanics, hydrostatics, hydraulics, aerostatics, and pneumatics. |
| Of late he had resumed his study of aerostatics, and was constructing another flying-machine. |
| The attempts which we are about to cite do not strictly belong to the history of aerostatics. |
