EditorialHenry Giffard's apparatus for the preparation of hydrogen by the dry route, Apparatus for the production of hydrogen by Henri Giffard, Fig. 29, p. 116, 1887, Gaston Tissandier: Histoire de mes ascensions. R?cit de quarante voyages a?riens (1868-1886). ...
EditorialScene of Gonesse, First Hydrogen Balloon by Alexandre C?sar Charles (1746 1823) after landing in the village of Gonesse, attacked by villagers as a demon, Signed: Yves & Barret sc, Fig. 11, p. 37, Tissandier, Albert (dess.); Yves & Barret (sc.), 1876, ...
EditorialLarge hydrogen gas unit of the Auteuil aerostatics workshop, Apparatus for the production of hydrogen in Auteuil, Fig. 67, p. 253, 1887, Gaston Tissandier: Histoire de mes ascensions. R?cit de quarante voyages a?riens (1868-1886). Paris: Maurice Dreyfo...
EditorialBalloon transport in Champ-de-Mars, Transport of the First Hydrogen Balloon by Alexandre C?sar Charles (1746 1823) to the Champ-de-Mars in Paris in August 1783, Signed: A. Tissandier; Tellier, Fig. 10, p. 33, Tissandier, Albert (dess.); Tellier, Edmond...
EditorialDescent of Charles and Robert in the presence of the Duke of Chartres, Jacques Alexandre C?sar Charles (1746-1823) and Nicolas-Louis Robert aka Marie-No?l Robert (1760 1820) after the landing of the Hydrogen Balloon in Nesles-la-Vall?e on December 1, 1...
EditorialBalloon swelling, Apparatus for filling a balloon with hydrogen, Signed: Demarle; R?nard, Fig. 78, p. 465, Demarle, Gustave-Alphonse (dess.); R?nard, A. (sc.), 1876, Alfred Sircos; Th. Pallier: Histoire des ballons et des ascensions c?l?bres avec une p...
EditorialGas appliance of the first aeronauts, Apparatus for the Production of Hydrogen for Ballooning, Fig. 55, p. 221, 1887, Gaston Tissandier: Histoire de mes ascensions. R?cit de quarante voyages a?riens (1868-1886). Paris: Maurice Dreyfous, 1887.
EditorialCrash of Thomas Harris and Sophia Stocks during the ride with the hydrogen balloon Royal George in London, Signed: E. Allouis, Fig. 57, p. 321.
EditorialHydrogen gas appliance for the swelling of the large steam captive balloon of the Tuileries courtyard, Apparatus for the production of hydrogen for a captive balloon by Henri Giffard during the Paris Exposition 1878, Fig. 56, p. 222, 1887, Gaston Tissa...
EditorialSmall electric dirigible aerostat of M. Gaston Tissandier, built in 1881, and functioning inflated with pure hydrogen, Hydrogen airship equipped with an electric motor in the workshop of Gaston Tissandier 1881, Fig. 62, p. 240, 1887, Gaston Tissandier:...
EditorialAscension of Tuileries, Flight of Jacques Alexandre C?sar Charles (1746-1823) and Nicolas-Louis Robert aka Marie-No?l Robert (1760 1820) with the first hydrogen balloon on December 1, 1783 at the Jardin de Tuileris in Paris, Fig, 17, p. 69, Tissandier,...
EditorialLantern Slide - Weather Balloon Experiment on the Discovery, BANZARE Voyage 1, Antarctica, 1929-1930, Lantern slide of a scientific party aboard the ship Discovery using a theodolite to measure the inflow of air at high elevations over the Polar region...
EditorialA messieurs les souscripteurs. The landing of a balloon. A collection of broadsides and cuttings ... 1780?-1810?. The inhabitants of Gonesse, in France, alarmed by the landing of a balloon on August 27. The details below the plate refer to Montgolfier,...
EditorialThe first ascent in a hydrogen gas filled balloon, in 1783, by Jacques Charles and Ainé Robert. A collection of broadsides, cuttings from newspape. 1780?-1810?. The first ascent in a hydrogen gas filled balloon, in 1783, by Jacques Charles and Ainé R...
EditorialVincent Lunardi esq. Vincenzo Lunardi. Italian aeronaut who made the first hydrogen balloon ascent in England, on 15th September 1784. An account of the first aerial voyage in England,. J. Bell: London, 1784. Vincenzo Lunardi (1759-1806). Portrait. Sou...
EditorialLe calendrier de la cour: tir? des eph?m?rides, pour l'ann?e bissextile mil sept-cent quatre-vingt-quatre: contenant le lieu du soleil, son lever, son coucher, sa d?clinaison: le lever de la lune & son coucher, &c.: avec la naissance des rois, reines, ...
EditorialAlmanach royal, ann?e bissextile M.DCC.LXXXIV., 1783, Paris, France, 127 pages, Height: 4 5/16 in. (11 cm), The stamp on the front cover depicts two individuals, Jacques- Alexandre-C?sar Charles (1746-1823) and Marie-No?l Robert (1760-1820), collaborat...
EditorialHead-and-shoulders profile portrait of French balloonist J.A.C. Charles, who made the first flight in a hydrogen balloon, Dec. 1, 1783. Includes banner with caption, Jusq'alors san ?gal, le monarque des airs, y suivit son rival, and large bird in foreg...
EditorialM. Charles, Head-and-shoulders profile portrait of French balloonist J.A.C. Charles, who made the first flight in a hydrogen balloon, Dec. 1, 1783.
EditorialMr. Charles, Head-and-shoulders profile portrait of French balloonist J.A.C. Charles, who made the first flight in a hydrogen balloon, Dec. 1, 1783.
EditorialHead-and-shoulders profile portrait of French balloonist J.A.C. Charles, who made the first flight in a hydrogen balloon, Dec. 1, 1783. Includes banner with caption "Jusq'alors san ?gal, le monarque des airs, y suivit son rival" and large bird in foreg...
EditorialHead-and-shoulders portrait of French balloonist Jacques Alexandre C?sar Charles, who made the first flight in a hydrogen balloon, Dec. 1, 1783.
EditorialEtienne and Joseph Montgolfier's hot-air balloon 1, and brazier a, Professor Jacques Charles's balloon and gondola 2, hydrogen-gas mechanism b, and Jean-Pierre Blanchard with his parachute 3. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Ber...
EditorialFirst manned hydrogen balloon flight of two hours and five minutes by Nicolas-Louis Robert and Professor Jacques Charles. The balloon descended in front of the Duc de Chartres, December 1st 1783. Handcolored engraving by J.J. Ettling and P. Sellier fro...
EditorialFirst manned flight in a hydrogen gas balloon by Professor Jacques Charles and the Robert brothers, Anne-Jean and Nicolas-Louis, from the Tuileries, December 1783. Woodblock engraving from Louis Figuier's "Les Merveilles de la Science: Aerostats" (Marv...
EditorialFirst 45-minute flight of the elongated dirigible hydrogen balloon of the Robert brothers, Anne-Jean and Nicolas Louis, July 15, 1784. Handcolored engraving by P.Sellier after an illustration by Ch. L from A. Sircos and Th. Pallier's "Histoire des Ball...
EditorialFirst flight in a hydrogen gas balloon by Professor Jacques Charles and the Robert brothers, Anne-Jean and Nicolas-Louis, August 1783. Woodblock engraving by A.St. from Louis Figuier's "Les Merveilles de la Science: Aerostats" (Marvels of Science: Air ...
EditorialDescent of Jean-Pierre Blanchard's hydrogen balloon, 2 March 1784, near Paris. Balloon with parachute and flapping wings. Handcolored engraving from Louis Figuier's "Merveilles de la Science: Les Aerostats," Paris, 1870.
EditorialHead-and-shoulders profile portrait of French balloonist J.A.C. Charles, who made the first flight in a hydrogen balloon, Dec. 1, 1783. Includes banner with caption "Jusq'alors san ?gal, le monarque des airs, y suivit son rival" and large bird in foreg...
EditorialHead-and-shoulders portrait of French balloonist Jacques Alexandre C?sar Charles, who made the first flight in a hydrogen balloon, Dec. 1, 1783.
EditorialMr. Charles, Head-and-shoulders profile portrait of French balloonist J.A.C. Charles, who made the first flight in a hydrogen balloon, Dec. 1, 1783.
EditorialHead-and-shoulders profile portrait of French balloonist J.A.C. Charles, who made the first flight in a hydrogen balloon, Dec. 1, 1783. Includes banner with caption, Jusq'alors san ?gal, le monarque des airs, y suivit son rival, and large bird in foreg...
EditorialM. Charles, Head-and-shoulders profile portrait of French balloonist J.A.C. Charles, who made the first flight in a hydrogen balloon, Dec. 1, 1783.