Description of PhotographThis is an 8x12 inch Reproduction Photograph made from a high quality scan of the original. When evaluating the quality of the photo, please keep in mind that most photos in our collection were taken over 100 years ago.Title: [Balloons, airships, and other flying machines designed with some form of propulsion] / E. Morieu, sc.
Creator(s): Morieu, E., engraver
Date Created/Published: [S.l. : s.n., between 1885 and 1904]
Notes:
Title devised by Library staff.
Single sheet with 45 numbered illustrations; lacking identification key.
No. 18 shows a collapsible Montgolfier balloon from 1784; no. 23 is the design for a glider balloon as described in 'Reflections on the aerostatic sphere,' 1783 (September); no. 24 depicts Jean-Charles (l'avocat) Thilorier's plan for transporting troops across the English Channel to invade England, ca. 1800; and no. 32 shows the dirigible balloon glider used by Charles Guill� for an attempted ascension in Paris, November 13, 1814.
Tissandier collection.
Subjects:
Balloons (Aircraft)--1780-1910.
Airships--1880-1910.
Aeronautics--1780-1910.
Engravings--1880-1910.
Bookmark /2002722676/
Bookmark:2002722676
Bookmark:2002722676
Size
Approximately 8x12 inches.
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Source: Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.