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The fancy fair, Princes Park, Liverpool, August, 1849. Print shows a festival and balloon ascension during the campaign to raise funds in support of the Northern and Southern Hospitals in Liverpool
Design drawing for a man-powered flying machine designed by Sir George Cayley. Date 1853
Vauxhall. Mr. Green, Wednesday, July 31st. Poster shows balloonist Charles Green on horseback suspended from an ascending balloon to advertise balloon ascensions in Vauxhall Gardens, London
Felix Nadar, half-length portrait, standing in the basket of a balloon, holding binoculars. Date 1897
La daguerreotypomanie. French cartoon about the rush to try photography after Louis Jacques Mande Daguerre revealed his process in 1839
Hot air balloon labeled Suffrage UniverselEsperons que ce ballon d essai ne deviendra pas un ballon captif. Cartoon shows a hot air balloon labeled Suffrage Universel with wings floating above the Pyrenees
Maison tournante aerienne. Drawing shows a dwelling structure elevated above rooftops and designed to revolve and adjust in various directions
Electric airship at Exposition of Electricity, Paris, 1881Electric airship on display at the International Exposition of Electricity, Palais de l Industrie, Champs Elysees, Paris, France. Date: 1881
Woman (Physics personified) whipping the bare bottom of oneLa physique confond l ignorance Dedie aux souscripteurs. French cartoon shows a woman (Physics personified) whipping the bare bottom of one man (possibly Janinet) while another (possibly Abbe Miollan)
Departure of Jacques Charles and Marie-Noel Roberts aerostatic globe balloon from the Jardin des Tuileries, Paris, on Dec. 1, 1783
Luigi Piana, aereonauta Bolognese. Head-and-shoulders portrait of Italian balloonist Luigi Piana. Includes a map of his various balloon ascents from Rome
Liste de ballons sortis de Paris pendant le siege 1870-1871. Broadside shows balloon events during the Siege of Paris, 1870-71
Andre Jacques Garnerin, first man to descend in a parachute, standing in the gondola of his parachute waving a French flag after release from his balloon (shown at left)
JX Bureaux-Pusy. Half-length portrait of Jean Xavier Bureaux de Pusy. Date between 1790 and 1850
Contra-dance instruction manual with dance notation, a description of the dance figures, and music for bass and violin. Title page includes a picture of a man running or dancing near a flying
Gaston TissandierGASTON TISSANDIER (1843-1899), French journalist, scientific populariser, aviator and inventor, brother of Albert
Albert TissandierALBERT TISSANDIER (1839-1906), French journalist, illustrator, aviator and inventor, brother of Gaston. Date: 1906
Paul Tissandier seated in Wright biplane
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 balloonDesign 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 quilMort 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 & NumesEden-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 eqA 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
Ou presente e signer un proces verbal aux cures celui qui ligne a des lunettes. Drawing shows Professor JAC. Charles reascending in balloon from the Nesle plain, France, on December 1, 1783
Ascension captive. 42, avenue de Suffren tous les jours de 1 e 5 h. Exposition de l aerostat et des machines.... Broadside announcing a captive balloon ascension during the Paris Exposition of 1867
L interieur et l exterieur d un bayair Couronne de Charles X. Design drawing proposed by Pav Braun shows interior and exterior views of the Bayair airship Crown of Charles X
Mrs. Sage, the first English female aerial traveller, who ascended with Mr. Biggin in Mr. Lunardis balloon, from St. Georges Fields, June 29th, 1785
