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Balloon ascensions

Images

  • A balloon flies over a park with marquees and bunting where crowds of people are gathered. Coloured lithograph.
  • Ascending and descending: (above) people in a balloon; (below) people seated in a rotunda around a pool and in danger of falling into the water. Etching by George Cruikshank, 1842.
  • James Sadler setting off on the proposed first crossing of the Irish Sea from Dublin by  balloon, 1812; with details of the hydrogen barrels and equipment. Engraving.
  • James Sadler setting off on the proposed first crossing of the Irish Sea from Dublin by balloon, 1812. Watercolour.
  • John Hampton ascending in the balloon 'Albion' and descending by parachute in Cremorne Gardens, London. Wood engraving, 1839.
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Catalogue

    • Books

    A narrative of two aerial voyages / [John Jeffries].

    Jeffries, John, 1745-1819. | Date: 1971
    • Pictures
    • Online

    John Hampton ascending in the balloon 'Albion' and descending by parachute in Cremorne Gardens, London. Wood engraving, 1839.

    | Date: 1839 | Reference: 36411i
    • Archives and manuscripts
    • Online

    Sage, Balthasar Georges (1740-1824), French chemist

    Sage, Balthasar Georges, 1740-1824. | Date: 1776-1824 | Reference: MS.7570
    • Books
    • Online

    Histoire de mes ascensions : récit de vingt-quatre voyages aériens [1868-1877] / Gaston Tissandier ; illustrée de nombreuses gravures hors texte par Albert Tissandier.

    Tissandier, Gaston, 1843-1899. | Date: [1880?]
    • Pictures
    • Online

    James Sadler setting off on the proposed first crossing of the Irish Sea from Dublin by balloon, 1812; with details of the hydrogen barrels and equipment. Engraving.

    | Date: 1800-1899 | Reference: 36294i
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