Hydrogen Collection

1957 nuclear test: Fall-out
Fallout: The sinister and prolonged after-effect of nuclear explosions

Balloon ascent from the Tuileries Gardens, Paris
Balloon ascent of Charles and Robert from the Tuileries Gardens, Paris, the first voyage made in a hydrogen balloon

Sulphur Well at Llanwrtyd Wells, Wales - a spa town, which grew up following the discovery of waters with amazing healing properties in 1732, by the Rev. Theophilus Evans

Naval personnel watch H-bomb test, Malden Island
British naval personnel in special protective clothing watch a thermonuclear H-bomb test over Malden Island in the central Pacific Ocean. Date: 1956

Threat of Zeppelin gas-bag or terror - which? 1915
Cartoon showing Kaisers head on the front of a Zeppelin airship, during World War One

Germany. Aerostation flight test with an aluminum airship, held at Tempelhof, near Berlin, on November 3, 1897. David Schwarz (1850-1897) designed and built it

Hanworth Air Park - 1932 - Graf Zeppelin D-LZ127
The German airship Graf Zeppelin D-LZ127 at Hanworth Air Park conducting sight-seeing flights over London. On 18 August 1931, the German airship Graf Zeppelin (D-LZ127) visited Hanworth

Rotorcraft RH-1 Pinwheel at Dayton. The RH-1 was powered by rotor-tip rockets using Hydrogen Peroxide as an Oxidiser passing over a catalyst, pressurised by compressed Nitrogen

Dassault Falcon 50 at ILA 1990 at Hannover Airport. In the background acan be seen the Dorneier CD.2 Seastar and the Liquid Hydrogen powered Tupolev Tu-155. Date: 1990

Martin RB-57B Canberra NASA 809 (msn 166, ex 52-1576) at the Edwards Air Force Base Flight test Museum

NO H -BOMBS slogan on brick wall
NO H-BOMBS painted on a brick wall, together with the CND symbol. Date: circa 1960s

FRANCE. Industrial Revolution (1835-40). Inside of an hydrogen factory. Engraving

Dali Museum. Figueres. Catalonia. Spain
Dali Museum. Dome. Surrealism. Figueres. Catalonia. Spain

Hydrogen balloon for a military use, designed by Charles Coutelle. The hot-air balloons were used by Napoleons army in order to keep an eye on the enemy and manage the battle

Hydrogen hot-air balloon for military use made by Charles Coutelle. Hot-air balloons were used by Napoleons army to keep an eye on the enemy and lead the battle

Balloon descent at Gonesse, France
The first trial hydrogen balloon which ascended from the Champ de Mars, and descended in the village of Gonesse, north east of Paris

LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin over pier, Walton, Essex
At 4pm on 19 August 1931 crowds of onlookers lined the pier and promenades at Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex, to watch the famous Graf Zeppelin fly along the Essex coastline

1957 nuclear test: First hydrogen bomb test
After Britains first hydrogen bomb test over the pacific on May 15th 1957: the mushroom cloud photographed from a ship. The bomb was exploded in the air high above the sea off Christmas Island

Diagram of Zeppelin 1916
The new features of the engines of frightfulness. Showing the observation car with observer lying upon a woollen mattress and the Zeppelin system of gas control. Date: 1916

Edmond Fremy - 2
EDMOND FREMY French chemist who made several valuable discoveries such as hydrogen fluoride gas, and wrote extensively on chemistry subjects. Date: 1814 - 1894

Descent of Jean-Pierre Blanchards hydrogen balloon, 1784.. Descent of Jean-Pierre Blanchards hydrogen balloon, 2 March 1784, near Paris. Balloon with parachute and flapping wings

First manned hydrogen balloon flight.. First manned hydrogen balloon flight of two hours and five minutes by Nicolas-Louis Robert and Professor Jacques Charles

Charles Dollfus inspects the basket of his hydrogen ball?
Charles Dollfus inspects the basket of his hydrogen balloon at the 1949 Royal Aeronautical Society Garden Party at White Waltham Aerodrome on 8 May

Gates to Alexandra Palace Park and Airship pilot Dr Barton
An absolutely fascinating postcard showing the gates to Alexandra Palace Park and Airship pilot Dr Francis Alexander Barton (1861-1939), who made a successful flight on 24th July, 1905

The hydrogen balloon Bee inflated ready for ascending at Knowless Oxygen Works at Wolverhampton

Griffith Brewer and Alec Ogilvie in the basket of 1, 800cu ft hydrogen balloon Bee standing in the airship shed at Etterbeck, Brussels, before ascending on 27 July 1912

500cu ft balloon being inflated with hydrogen at Netley before being taken out to take photos on Southampton Water

Goyazite
Scanning electron microscope image of the energy-dispersive X-ray spectrum of the mineral goyazite, obtained using Link AN10000 analysis system

Experience of globe of the brothers Anne-Jean and Marie-No묠 Robert in the Tuileries Garden (19th September 1784). First hydrogen balloon.. Engraving

Balloon event, Charles Green, Macclesfield
Charles Green ballooning poster advertising his 74th ascent, under the patronage of the Mayor and Magistrates, from the Gas Works near Waters Green, Macclesfield

Balloon ascent from Prairie de Nesle, northern France
Balloon ascent by M Charles from the Prairie de Nesle, northern France, where it had landed after taking off from the Tuileries Gardens, Paris, on 1 December 1783

Garnerin descending in his parachute, Paris
Garnerin descending in his parachute, with his discarded balloon on the left. Claimed to be the first to descend from a balloon by means of a parachute

Map, Battle of Fleurus
Map of the Battle of Fleurus - it was won by the French Army, with the first military use of a reconnaissance balloon

Battle of Fleurus with balloon
The Battle of Fleurus, won by the French Army, with the first military use of a reconnaissance balloon

Five technical illustrations show network of ropes and apparatus for securing multi-passenger platforms on captive balloons; arrangement of ropes for netting;

Jean-Francois Pilatre de Rozier, French balloonist, head-and-shoulders portrait, blowing hydrogen gas into a flame. Date between 1790 and 1850

Technical illustration shows four stages of Andre Garnerin s
Technical illustration shows four stages of Andre Garnerins parachute: apparatus for inflating a balloon with hydrogen, a balloon in flight, parachute attached to ascending balloon

1957 nuclear test: The men who dropped Britains H-bomb
Britains first nuclear weapons test took place on May 15th 1957, when a nuclear device was successfully exploded high in the air over Christmas Island in the Central Pacific

Island of Krakatoa, in the straits of Sunda. The volcano erupted 4 times in 1883

Hydrogen Balloon, National Antarctic Expedition, 1902
Photograph showing the use of an hydrogen balloon during the National Antarctic Expedition of 1901-4, Antarctic, 4th February 1902

PRS Discovery and hydrogen balloon, Antarctic, 1902
Photograph showing members of the National Antarctic Expedition of 1901-4 deflating an hydrogen balloon, with the Polar Research Ship Discovery in the background, Antarctic, 4th February 1902

Airliner of 1988
Predicted for 1988, powered by gasoline or hydrogen, this air liner will travel in the stratosphere; its amenities include a television theatre and a cocktail lounge

Professor Myers Air Bicycle, 1891
Photograph of Professor Carl Myers Air Bicycle being demonstrated at Congress Springs, Saratoga, 1891

Westminster Bridge lit by lime light
Westminster Bridge shown lit by lime light as crowds of people and horse-drawn carriages cross

Hydrogen for Balloons
Henri Giffard developed a process for the preparation of hydrogen gas for air balloons and dirigibles. His first dirigible flight took place in 1852 from Paris to Trappes

Charles Green / Aeronaut
CHARLES GREEN English aeronaut who pioneered the use of coal gas in place of hydrogen in hot air balloons

Pictet / Gas Experiment
Raoul Pictet, Swiss physicist, conducts an experiment to liquefy and solidify hydrogen gas, and studied properties of substances at low temperatures

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