AIROPAIDIA: OR AËRIAL RECREATION. +Descriptions+ _of_ the aërial Scenes _are illustrated with _ENGRAVINGS_, by the best Masters: two of which are_ +coloured+. _The_ one, _a circular View from the Balloon at its greatest Elevation; the_ City of Chester _appearing in the_ Center. The other, _a Specimen of Balloon Geography: being a Prospect from_ above _the Clouds, of the Country between_ Chester, _and_ Warrington _in Lancashire, with the Track of the Balloon in the Air_. _A_ third _represents the Balloon over Helsbye-Hill in Cheshire, with a beautiful View of the adjacent Country_. AIROPAIDIA: +containing the NARRATIVE of a BALLOON EXCURSION+ from +chester+, the eighth of September, 1785, taken from +minutes+ made +during+ the Voyage: H I N T S +on the IMPROVEMENT of BALLOONS, and MODE of INFLATION by _STEAM_: MEANS to prevent their DESCENT over WATER: occasional ENQUIRIES into the STATE of the ATMOSPHERE, favouring their DIRECTION: with various philosophical OBSERVATIONS and CONJECTURES.+ +to which is subjoined, MENSURATION of HEIGHTS by the BAROMETER, _MADE PLAIN:_ with extensive TABLES.+ The +whole+ serving as an +introduction+ to AËRIAL NAVIGATION: +with a copious+ INDEX. +By THOMAS BALDWIN, Esq. A. M.+ - - - - - Addita +navigiis+ sunt Multa. _Lucretius De Rerum Nat._ L. 5, V. 335. Nihil +perfectum+ simul ac +inceptum+. +Usus uni rei+ deditus, et +naturam+ et +artem+ sæpe vincit. _Cicero._ CHESTER: Printed for the Author, by J. Fletcher; and sold by W. Lowndes, No. 77, Fleet-street, London; J. Poole, Chester; and other Booksellers. 1786. Price, in Boards, 7s. 6d. TO THE PRINCIPAL INHABITANTS OF _CHESTER:_