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[[page 3 of "Balloon. An Authentic Account of The Aerial Voyage of Messrs. Sadler and Clayfield..." 2nd ed.]]

AN
ACCOUNT, &c.

  On Monday the 24th of September, 1810, an immense concourse of people were assembled in Bristol, from all the neighbouring counties, to witness the ascent of Mr. Sadler's Balloon.  The Proprietor is a vetran AEronaut, having previously ascended fifteen times ; and the Balloon is by far the largest, and altogether the most magnificent, ever exhibited in this country.

  Its circumference is 30 yards; and it contains nearly 1900 yards of varnished silk, elegantly variegated in alternate perpendicular stripes ; divided by a circular band, with the following superscription in gold letters : 

"Right Hon. Wm. Windham Grenville, Baro: de Wotton, Cancel. Unver. Oxoni."