GASTON TISSANDIER
\ɡˈastən tˈɪsɐndɪə], \ɡˈastən tˈɪsɐndɪə], \ɡ_ˈa_s_t_ə_n t_ˈɪ_s_ɐ_n_d_ɪ__ə]\
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A French aeronaut and chemist; born at Paris, Nov. 21, 1843; died there, August 30, 1899. Besides textbooks of chemistry he wrote for the "Library of Wonders", "Water", "Coal", "Fossils", "Photography"; in collaboration with Glaisher, Flammarion, and Fonvielle, he wrote "Aerial Voyages".
By Charles Dudley Warner
