Count Zambeccari's Balloon
Plate showing "Count Zambeccari's Balloon. Which was to have taken up himfelf, Rear Admiral Sir Edward Knt. and Mifs Grice from Tottenham Court Road, but not having time to fill the balloon sufficiently, Mifs Grice was obliged to get out: after this it ascended with Sir Edward and the Count, about 4 o'clock, and descended near Horsham in Sufsex: 36 miles distant, in one hour. March 23 1785."
Picture No
10843596
Media ID
48048333
Size
2776px x 4000px
(1.9MB)
Credit
© The Royal Aeronautical Society (National Aerospace Library) / Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Photograph from The Royal Aeronautical Society Archive
