Flying Globe and Air Balloon
Two fanciful technical drawings. Above is a Globe Volant (Flying Globe) in which Giroud de Villette and M Rozier passed over Paris on 19 October 1783. Below is an Air Balloon in which Mr Charles intends to cross from Calais to Dover
Picture No
10610222
Media ID
48035448
Size
3488px x 5000px
(3.2MB)
Credit
©The Royal Aeronautical Society (National Aerospace Library)/Mary Evans
Source
Published by J Harris, Sweetings Alley, Cornhill, London
Date
1783
