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. After sending off a trial hydrogen balloon, Charles designed, and the brothers Robert built, a full-size man-carrier, the fabric of which was made imporous by the Roberts method of rubberising the cloth. This was the first modern type balloon
Picture No
10610335
Media ID
48035749
Size
3190px x 5000px
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Credit
©The Royal Aeronautical Society (National Aerospace Library)/Mary Evans
Source
Published by Esnauts et Rapilly, Rue St Jacques, Paris
Date
1 December 1783
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1780s 1783 Aerostatic Ascended Ascent Ballooning Hydrogen Manned Method Thuileries Tuileries
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