Glaisher and Coxwell balloon flight 1862
James Glaisher and Henry Coxwell rose to 37, 000 feet on their balloon named Mammoth, breaking the record for travelling higher than any other person before. Photograph showing the two sitting in the air-balloon gondola on their historic ascent
Picture No
13974173
Media ID
46792134
Size
5655px x 4837px
(8.9MB)
Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Photograph in The Sketch', 6 September 1893, page 315
Date
1862
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