Descente de la machine aerostatique des Srs. Charles et Robert
Summary
Print shows Jacques Charles and Marie Noel Robert stepping out of their hydrogen balloon on a plain near Nesle, France after the first manned balloon flight in December of 1783.
Printed text below image: Extrait du proces verbal. Ce Globe fut enlevé le 1st Decembre 1783 à une heure 40 minuits dans le Jardin du Palais des Thuilleries, ...
Landauer Collection of Aeronautical Prints and Drawings.
Braunburg 66; L&W 245; Sotheby 25b
Exhibited: The Princess and the Patriot: Ekaterina Dashkova, Benjamin Franklin and the Age of Enlightenment, American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2006-2007.
Hot Air Baloons and Gas Baloons
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Date
01/01/1783
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Source
Library of Congress
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