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TITLE: [Balloons, airships, and other flying machines designed with some form of propulsion] / E. Morieu, sc.
CALL NUMBER: LOT 13403, no. 59 [P&P]
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REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-DIG-ppmsca-02494 (digital file from original print)
LC-USZ62-33126 (b&w film copy neg.)
RIGHTS INFORMATION: No known restrictions on publication.
MEDIUM: 1 print : engraving.
CREATED/PUBLISHED: [S.l. : s.n., between 1885 and 1904]
CREATOR:
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 Guillé for an attempted ascension in Paris, November 13, 1814.
Tissandier collection.
SUBJECTS:
Balloons (Aircraft)--1780-1910.
Airships--1880-1910.
Aeronautics--1780-1910.
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REPOSITORY: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
DIGITAL ID: (digital file from original print) ppmsca 02494 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.02494
(b&w film copy neg.) cph 3a33639 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3a33639
CONTROL #: 2002722676
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