Balloon,Jean Francois Pilatre de Rozier,c1783,Ornate Balloon,Girond de Villete

Title: Machine aérostatique de 70 pieds de hauteur sur 46 de diametre, qui s'est élevée à Paris, avec deux homme à la hauteur de 324 pieds le 19 oct. 1783
Date Created/Published: [1783 or 1784]
Summary: Illustration shows the ornate balloon used by Jean François Pilâtre de Rozier and Girond de Villete in a captive balloon ascent from Paris, October 19, 1783, reaching an altitude of 330 feet for nine minutes. (Source: A.G. Renstrom, LC staff, 1981-82.)
Notes:
Title from item.
Illus. from: Faujas-de-St.-Fond's Description des expériences de la machine aérostatique de MM. de Montgolfier..., Paris: Cuchet, 1783-1784, pl. 8.
Tissandier collection.
Subjects:
Pilâtre de Rozier, Jean-François,--1754-1785.
Balloon ascensions--France--Paris--1780-1790.
Balloons (Aircraft)--France--Paris--1780-1790.
Book illustrations--1780-1790.
Etchings--1780-1790.
Bookmark /2002721988/
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