Glaisher Collection

Glaisher and Coxwe conducting scientific experiment in a balloon, the two scientists suffer from lack of oxygen and pass out, though they manage to release air and descend

Glaisher and Coxwell balloon flight, 1862
Aeronaut Henry Coxwell and meteorologist James Glaisher prepare the balloon car ready for one of their scientific observation expeditions. Date: 17th July 1862

James Glaisher
JAMES GLAISHER English aeronaut and founder of the Meteorological Society (1850), best known for his balloon ascents with Coxwell. Date: 1809 - 1903

Henry Coxwell
HENRY COXWELL English balloonist, who made several scientific ascents with Glaisher. Date: 1819 - 1900

Glaisher and Coxwell scientific balloon ascent, 1862
Balloon ascent by James Glaisher and Henry Coxwell in 1862 to make scientific meteorological observations. Date: 1862

Glaisher and Coxwell balloon ascent 1862
Balloon ascent by James Glaisher and Henry Coxwell in June 1862 to conduct meteorological observations. Here the balloon is above the clouds. Date: 1862

James Glaisher, FRS, 1809-1903, Meteorologist, balloonist and a founder member of the Aeronautical Society of Great Britain

Book cover design, Travels in the Air, by James Glaisher, London: Richard Bentley, 1871. Showing a man flying a balloon. 1871

Henry Coxwell - 2
HENRY COXWELL English balloonist, who made several scientific ascents with Glaisher

Glaisher Coxwell Balloon
Glaisher and Coxwell are affected by the altitude during their ascent at Wolverhampton for the purpose of scientific study

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