Aeronautics Collection (#52)

Book cover design, Aerial Transport by G Holt Thomas, London: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd, 1920. 1920

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

Book cover design, Airships and Other Aerial Craft
Book cover design, The Boys Book of Airships and Other Aerial Craft, by Harry Delacombe and EJ Partridge, London: Grant Richards Ltd, 1910. 1910

Cover design, Luftschiffahrt Ausstellung catalogue
Cover design for the official catalogue of the Internationale Luftschiffahrt Ausstellung (International Airship Exhibition), Frankfurt, 1909. 1909

Cover design, Aerial Derby at Hendon
Cover design, Souvenir Programme for the Aerial Derby at Hendon, 6 June 1914. Showing aircraft flying over the heads of spectators on an airfield. June 1914

Cover design, Circuit of Britain Programme
Cover design, official programme issued by the Royal Aero Club for the Circuit of Britain 1010 Miles Air Race for the Second 10, 000 Daily Mail prize

Cover design, Gordon Bennett Aeronautic Cup
Cover design, Official Program of the Second Competition for the Gordon Bennett Aeronautic Cup, Forest Park, St Louis, USA, October 1907. Showing men flying in balloons. October 1907

Cover design, Aero & Marine Exhibition
Cover design, catalogue of Aero & Marine Exhibition, 16-25 March 1914, at Olympia, west London, under the patronage of His Majesty the King

Flying by Mechanical Means
Designs for man-powered flight, modelled on birds. 1810

Book cover, La Conquete de l Air

Official programme cover, The London Aerodrome
Official programme cover for the London Aerodrome, Hendon, 7th London Aviation Meeting, 9-13 April 1914 (weather permitting)

Air Mail Poster
GPO poster, Use Air Mail. Showing the outline of a monoplane on a black background. 1934

GPO By Air Mail Poster

Hillmans Airways Essex Airport Poster
Poster, Hillmans Airways, Essex Airport, offering flights from London to Paris (no passports required), Belfast, Liverpool and the Isle of Man, with prices and flight durations. 20th century

Exhibition of Airports and Airways Poster
Poster, Exhibition of Airports and Airways, arranged by the Royal Institute of British Architects, admission free. 20th century

By Air Anywhere Poster, Croydon 3421, see London by night. Surrey Flying Services Ltd, Croydon & Plymouth. 20th century

Imperial Airways Poster, Switzerland
Imperial Airways Poster, showing a Scylla passenger plane flying to Switzerland, with a mermaid and merman looking up in wonder. 1935

Imperial Airways Poster, Reliability, Comfort. Showing details of the equipment of the most luxurious air liners in the world (Heracles Class), with pictograms of features on a yellow background. 1934

Imperial Airways Poster, travel in comfort
Imperial Airways Poster, Travel In Comfort, serving Europe, Africa, India and the East, depicting a globe with routes marked. 20th century

Imperial Airways Poster, by air in comfort
Imperial Airways Poster, By Air in Comfort, to Europe, Africa, Asia. 20th century

Lufthansa Poster, summer flights in Europe
Poster, Deutsche Lufthansa AG, showing summer flights serving cities in Europe from 1 April to 5 October 1935. 1935

Exposition universelle de 1889 - Pavillon de l industrie du gaz. Gas industry pavilion, Paris Exposition of 1889. Date 1889

Railroad train at the Paris Exposition, 1889. Date 1889

Interior of Gallery of Machines, showing machines being set up, Paris Exposition, 1889. Date between 1887 and 1889

Exp. universelle de 1889 - Galerie des industries diverses, porte d entree de la classe 26. Entrance to the horological exhibit in the Palace of Diverse Industries. Date 1889. Exp

Eiffel Tower machinery with man beside wheel that raises elevator(?), during Paris Exposition. Date between 1887 and 1889?

Flugmaschine. Erfunden von Jacob Degen in Wien, 1807. Technical illustration shows elevation and horizontal section of a man-powered flying machine constructed

Elevations and plan of balloon
Design drawing shows front and side elevations and plan of balloon with devices designed to facilitate navigation and maneuverability while in the air. Date 1784 1er avril

Mort de Pilatre de Rosier i. e. Rozier et de Romain. Tel quil
Mort de Pilatre de Rosier i.e. Rozier et de Romain. Tel quils onts etes trouves apres leurs chute. Print shows the death of balloonists Jean-Francois Pilatre de Rozier

Salle de conferences... Conferences experimentales sur la navigation aerienne par l ingenieur Camille Vert, de la Drome le plus leger que l air par le poisson volant

La quatorzieme experience aerostatique de M. Blanchard accompagne du Chevalier Lepinard faite e Lille en Flandre, le 26 aout 1785 Dediee e Messieurs les Magistrats de la ville de Lille en Flandre

La locomotion aerienne passive. Principes de la nature sur la chute reelle des corps, oppose aux lois scientifiques. Technical illustration shows 14 figures with various designs for parachutes

Domitor. Print shows Taillepied de La Garennes proposed system of aerial navigation consisting of a balloon with a double parachute on a single axis capable of transporting six persons; parachutes in

Eden-concert, enl vez l ballon revue de m. m. Hermil & Numes
Eden-concert, enl vez l ballon revue de m.m. Hermil & Numes, 17 boulevard Sebastopol, musique nouvelle de Tar-Caen. French circus poster shows two performers in the basket of an airship navigated by

JAC. Charles, French balloonist, head-and-shoulders oval profile portrait. Date between 1790 and 1850

Dn. Vicente Lunardi, vive en el Coliseo del Buen Retiro. Print shows banner with name of Italian balloonist Vincent Lunardi; includes figure playing a drum and two others dancing

Ballon Godard. Collecting card shows an ascending balloon with one person on board. Date between 1860 and 1900

A lhippodrome - l equilibre dans l air A l?hippodrome - l eq
A lhippodrome - l equilibre dans l air. French caricature shows the balloonist Camille Dartois in a balloon labeled Hippodrome and Bradbury, a circus performer

Le veritable navigateur aerien. Design drawing for an airship navigational system project by Stoupy Bijou consisting of five balloons fastened to a sixty foot mast, a rudder, two 12 foot long oars

M. Bureau de Pusy. Ne a Port sur Saone en 17... depute du Baille d Amont en fche cte e l assemblee nationale de 1789, nomme president le 2 fevrier 1790

Portraits of three balloonists Ippolito Caffi, Francesco Arban, and G. Seiffard, with a small view of them in an ascending balloon. Date 1847

Louis Bernard Guyton-Morveau, ne e Dijon le 4 janvier 1737. Head-and-shoulders profile portrait of French scientist Louis Bernard Guyton-Morveau. Date between 1790 and 1820

Direction des ballons (systeme Ardisson), Bordeaux, le 26 janvier 1871. Design drawings for a system proposed by Annibal Ardisson to navigate a balloon from a platform located below the bag

Le captif, grand ballon e vapeur, de la Place du Carrousel. Advertisement announcing Henri Giffards captive balloon ascension at the Place du Carrousel, Paris

Lunar halo and luminescent cross observed during the balloon Zeniths long distance flight from Paris to Arcachon in March, 1875. Date between 1875 and 1880

Elevazione aereobatica eseguita da Francezco Orlandi in Bologna nei puba. giardini li 6 Novembre 1828. Print shows the balloon of Francesco Orlandi ascending over the public gardens of Bologna

Henri Lachambre, aeronaute-constructeur brevete, Paris. 24, Passage des Favorites, 24. Paris. Advertisement for aeronaut and balloon manufacturer Henri Lachambre shows a balloon H

Le ballon de Lyon, nomme le de Flesselles de 120 pieds de haut sur 102 diametre, d apres les dimensions donnees par Mr. Montgolfier et eleve des Brotteaux jusquapres de 1400 Toises

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