1811 Gentleman's Magazine - English & French Balloonists

Description: An original 102 page issue of "The Gentleman's Magazine" dated August, 1811. This monthly London magazine was published from 1731 until 1922, a period of almost 200 years - see history below. James Madison was the President of the United States and George III was King of England - although mentally incapable of carrying out his duties. Spencer Percival was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and the Napoleonic wars were in full effect around the world. The magazine provides reports primarily from England on a wide variety of subjects and interests, usually including two or more engraved illustrations . Wars, disasters, crimes, trials and punishments are widely reported as are book reviews, new poetry and obituaries of prominent people. This issue includes two engravings, one of Banwell Church, Somerset and the other of various cloud formations The highlights of foreign news are the accounts of events in Spain from the Duke of Wellington and the capture of Banda Island and Ternate Island in Indonesia - see scan and below Foreign news was also reported from Spain, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Russia, Asia, and America - see scans. News from America relates to Henry Christophe of Haiti as he created a new Kingdom and surrounded himself with a security force of 250. Domestic news includes a lengthy report on the latest balloon flight by James Sadler, Englands first balloonist - see scan and below. French news reports the latest balloon flight of Madam Blanchard - see below - who lost consciousness on her 14 hour ascent The mortality tables for London confirm that around 30% of deaths for the prior month were children below the age of 2 - childbirth was a risky affair at this time. - see scan. Good condition - some age toning. After six or twelve months the monthly issues were usually taken by the subscriber to the bookbinder for safe retention. In this case the issue has subsequently been dis-bound. Page size 8 x 5 inches. A great and interesting resource for the historian. The Gentleman's Magazine17 languagesArticleTalkReadEditView historyToolsFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaFront page of The Gentleman's Magazine, May 1759The Gentleman's Magazine was a monthly magazine[1] founded in London, England, by Edward Cave in January 1731.[2] It ran uninterrupted for almost 200 years, until 1922. It was the first to use the term magazine (from the French magazine, meaning "storehouse") for a periodical.[3] Samuel Johnson's first regular employment as a writer was with The Gentleman's Magazine.HistoryThe original complete title was The Gentleman's Magazine: or, Trader's monthly intelligencer. Cave's innovation was to create a monthly digest of news and commentary on any topic the educated public might be interested in, from commodity prices to Latin poetry. It carried original content from a stable of regular contributors, as well as extensive quotations and extracts from other periodicals and books. Cave, who edited The Gentleman's Magazineunder the pen name "Sylvanus Urban", was the first to use the term magazine (meaning "storehouse") for a periodical. Contributions to the magazine frequently took the form of letters, addressed to "Mr. Urban". The iconic illustration of St. John's Gate on the front of each issue (occasionally updated over the years) depicted Cave's home, in effect, the magazine's "office".Before the founding of The Gentleman's Magazine, there were specialised journals, but no such wide-ranging publications (although there had been attempts, such as The Gentleman's Journal, which was edited by Peter Motteux and ran from 1692 to 1694).Samuel Johnson's first regular employment as a writer was with The Gentleman's Magazine. During a time when parliamentary reporting was banned, Johnson regularly contributed parliamentary reports as "Debates of the Senate of Magna Lilliputia". Though they reflected the positions of the participants, the words of the debates were mostly Johnson's own. The name "Columbia", a poetic name for America coined by Johnson, first appears in a 1738 weekly publication of the debates of the British Parliament in the magazine.[4][5]The magazine's long-running motto, E pluribus unum, Latin for "Out of many, one", is thought to have inspired the use of the phrase as an unofficial motto of the United States. Motteux's The Gentleman's Journal had previously used the phrase.[6][7][8]A skilled businessman, Edward Cave developed an extensive distribution system for The Gentleman's Magazine. It was read throughout the English-speaking world and continued to flourish through the 18th century and much of the 19th century under a series of different editors and publishers. It went into decline towards the end of the 19th century and finally ceased general publication in September 1907. However, issues consisting of four pages each were printed in very small editions between late 1907 and 1922 in order to keep the title formally "in print".James Sadler (balloonist)5 languagesArticleTalkReadEditView historyTools From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaJames SadlerJames Sadler (February 1753 – 28 March 1828) was the first English balloonist, as well as a chemist and pastry chef.LifeA view of the balloon of Mr. Sadler's ascending. Print illustrating Sadler's ascent on 12 August 1811.Sadler worked as a pastry chef in the family business, The Lemon Hall Refreshment House, a small shop in Oxford.[1]Sadler was the second person to make a balloon ascent in England, very soon after the Tuscan Vincent Lunardi's flight on 15 September 1784 in the grounds of the Honourable Artillery Company at Moorfields. James Sadler was still the first English Aeronaut, making his ascent the following month, on 4 October 1784 from Christ Church Meadow, Oxford. The balloon, filled with hot air from a wood burner, rose to about 3,600 feet (1,100 m) and landed near Woodeaton, around six miles (10 km) away.[2]Sadler's second ascent occurred on 12 November, this time in a hydrogen-filled balloon. It reached Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire after a twenty-minute flight.[3]In May of the following year he took off near Moulsey Hurst, Surrey, accompanied by W. Wyndham MP, hoping to reach France, but in fact descending in the Thames Estuary, and thus failing to repeat the earlier exploit of Jean-Pierre Blanchard and his passenger.[4] Sadler made two further ascents in May 1785, the first of which was from a field behind a gentleman's garden on the site of what is now Balloon Street in Manchester. On this flight he was accompanied by a cat and landed in Radcliffe.[5] On his second ascent he travelled alone and, having risen to 13,000 feet (4,000 m), travelled 50 miles (80 km) before landing near Pontefract, West Yorkshire. On this occasion, he sustained bad injuries after being dragged for around two miles (3 km) by the balloon, which eventually threw him clear before taking off again empty.Sadler was appointed Chemist in 1796 in the newly created Naval Works Department under Sir Samuel Bentham. Although the post was only abolished in 1807, he had major disagreements with Bentham and carried out few works. His most important invention was that of the table steam engine.[2] Sadler was responsible for improvements to cannon design, from the barrel to the shot used, to improve accuracy; for which he was praised by Admiral Lord Nelson.[1]He resumed his ballooning activities although he was devastated by the death of his younger son, Windham William Sadler, in a ballooning accident in 1824.[6][7]James Sadler is buried at the church of St Peter-in-the-East in Oxford, now part of the college St Edmund Hall.[1][8]Henri Christophe34 languagesArticleTalkReadEditView historyToolsFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaFor other uses, see Henri Christophe (disambiguation).Henry IDefender of the FaithPortrait by Richard Evans c. 1816King of HaitiReign28 March 1811 – 8 October 1820Coronation2 June 1811PredecessorHimself (as President of the State of Haiti)SuccessorHenry II (unproclaimed)President of the State of HaitiIn office17 February 1807 – 28 March 1811PredecessorJacques I (as Emperor of Haïti)SuccessorHimself (as King of Haiti)Born6 October 1767 British GrenadaDied8 October 1820 (aged 53) Cap-Henri, Kingdom of HaitiBurialCitadelle Laferriere, HaitiConsortMarie-Louise CoidavidIssueFrançois-Ferdinand Christophe Princess Françoise-Améthyste Princess Anne-Athénaïre Jacques-Victor Henry, Prince Royal Baron Thomas de Belliard (illegitimate son)NamesHenry ChristopheFatherChristopheReligionRoman CatholicismCoat of armsEquestrian statue of Henri Christophe in the Haitian capital Port-au-PrinceHenri Christophe[1] (French pronunciation: [ɑ̃ʁi kʁistɔf]; 6 October 1767 – 8 October 1820) was a key leader in the Haitian Revolution and the only monarch of the Kingdom of Haiti.Born in the British Caribbean, Christophe was of Bambara West African origin.[2]Beginning with the slave uprising of 1791, he rose to power in the ranks of the Haitian revolutionary military. The revolution succeeded in gaining independence from France in 1804. In 1805 he took part under Jean-Jacques Dessalines in the capture of Santo Domingo (now Dominican Republic), against French forces who acquired the colony from Spain in the Treaty of Basel.After Dessalines was assassinated, Christophe retreated to the Plaine-du-Nord and created a separate government. On 17 February 1807, he was elected president of the State of Haiti, as he named that area. Alexandre Pétion was elected president of the Republic of Haiti in the south. On 26 March 1811, Christophe created a kingdom in the north and was later proclaimed Henry I, King of Haïti. He also created a nobility and named his legitimate son Jacques-Victor Henry as prince and heir.He is known for constructing Citadel Henry, now known as Citadelle Laferrière, the Sans-Souci Palace, the royal chapel of Milot, the Palais de la Belle Rivière and numerous other palaces.[3] Under his policies of corvée, or forced labor bordering on slavery,[4] the Kingdom earned revenues from agricultural production, primarily sugar, but the Haitian people resented the system. He reached an agreement with the United Kingdom to respect its Caribbean colonies in exchange for their warnings to his government of any French naval activity threatening Haiti. In 1820, unpopular, ill and fearing a coup, he committed suicide. Jacques-Victor, his son and heir, was assassinated 10 days later. Afterwards, General Jean-Pierre Boyer came to power and reunited the two parts of Haiti. Sophie Blanchard35 languagesArticleTalkReadEditView historyTools From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaSophie BlanchardEngraving by Jules Porreau [fr], 1859Born25 March 1778 Trois-Canons, Kingdom of France(now Yves, France)Died6 July 1819 (aged 41) Paris, FranceCause of deathBalloon crashKnown forFirst woman to work as a professional balloonistSpouseJean-Pierre BlanchardAviation careerFirst flight1804Sophie Blanchard (French pronunciation: [sɔfi blɑ̃ʃaʁ]; 25 March 1778 – 6 July 1819[1]), commonly referred to as Madame Blanchard,[a] was a French aeronaut and the wife of ballooning pioneer Jean-Pierre Blanchard. Blanchard was the first woman to work as a professional balloonist, and after her husband's death she continued ballooning, making more than 60 ascents. Known throughout Europe for her ballooning exploits, Blanchard entertained Napoleon Bonaparte, who promoted her to the role of "Aeronaut of the Official Festivals", replacing André-Jacques Garnerin. On the restoration of the monarchy in 1814 she performed for Louis XVIII, who named her "Official Aeronaut of the Restoration".Ballooning was a risky business for the pioneers. Blanchard lost consciousness on a few occasions, endured freezing temperatures and almost drowned when her balloon crashed in a marsh. In 1819, she became the first woman to be killed in an aviation accident when, during an exhibition in the Tivoli Gardens in Paris, she launched fireworks that ignited the gas in her balloon. Her craft crashed on the roof of a house and she fell to her death.

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