Home all day with Harriet,
78th day of summer,
high up a degree to 97, composing
Bach, Ballet, Balloons, Op. 324
II. Jacques Charles (1746-1823) / Anne-Jean Robert (1758-1820) /
Nicolas-Louis Robert (1760-1820)
Paris, Champs de Mars [later Eiffel Tower site] - Paris, Gonesse, August 27, 1783
[Unoccupied - Hydrogen]
[Benjamin Franklin in attendance]
[Balloon destroyed upon landing by terrified peasants]
Paris, Tuilleries Palace [later Garden] - Nesles-la-Vallee - Tours du Lay, December 1, 1783
[Franklin and Joseph Montgolfier in attendance,
latter honored w/ ceremonial weather function]
Jacques Charles / Nicolas-Louis Robert
[Charles w/o Robert re-ascends rapidly to 9000 ft, sees a second sunset, never flies again]
and editing page 56 new-edition Mice and Men, Op. 45: Act V, Scene 2
