[a. Fr. aérostation; improp. formed on aérostat, as if this represented the L. ending -ātus: see AEROSTAT and -ATION.]
† 1. The science of weighing air; aerostatics. Obs.
1788. Howard, Encycl., I. 56. Aerostation, in it’s primary and proper sense, denotes the science of weights suspended in the air.
1792. A. Young, Trav. France, 171. Important works on volcanoes, aerostation, and various other branches of natural history.
2. The art of raising and guiding balloons or other machines in the air; aerial navigation.
1785. Cavallo (title), History and Practice of Aerostation.
1798. W. Taylor, in Monthly Rev., XXVI. 512. The Montgolfiers, after their splendid discoveries in aerostation.
1881. Coxwell, in Standard, 16 Dec., 3/2. To interest him in the resources of aerostation.
