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[Gaston Tissandier, French balloonist, head-and-shoulders portrait] / Smeeton Tilly.

[Gaston Tissandier, French balloonist, head-and-shoulders portrait] / ...

"Portrait de Gaston Tissandier. Gravure sur bois de Smeeton Tilly d'après une photographie. Collection Gaston Tissandier" inscribed next to portrait. Tissandier collection.

Portrait de Gaston Tissandier, (1843-1899), (aéronaute, chimiste, photographe)

Portrait de Gaston Tissandier, (1843-1899), (aéronaute, chimiste, phot...

Portrait carte de visite. Photo contrecollée sur carton Inscription - Inscription au verso Portrait de Gaston Tissandier, (1843-1899), (aéronaute, chimiste, photographe)

Pigeons loncés hors la nacelle / A. Tissandier.

Pigeons loncés hors la nacelle / A. Tissandier.

Drawing shows two pigeons thrown from balloon during James Glaisher's test flight reaching 37,000 feet over Wolverhampton, England, Sept. 5, 1862. One pigeon is flying and the other is dead and falling. Publish... More

Descente du ballon le Neptune dans les falaises du Cap Gris-Nez Voyage en ballon, Calais, 15 août 1868 / / A. Tissandier.

Descente du ballon le Neptune dans les falaises du Cap Gris-Nez Voyage...

Drawing shows Jules Duruof, Gaston Tissandier, and another man in the balloon "Neptune" making a difficult landing on the cliffs off Cape Gris-Nez, France. In the foreground, two shepherdesses and their flock o... More

Lettre de Victor Hugo à Gaston Tissandier, à l'occasion de ses premières ascensions scientifiques avec W. de Fonvielle (1869).

Lettre de Victor Hugo à Gaston Tissandier, à l'occasion de ses premièr...

Picryl description: Public domain illustrated book page scan, drawings, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.

Champ-de-Mars. Première ascension aérostatique du ballon le Pole Nord executee le dimanche 27 juin, a cinq heures, au profit de l'expedition de M. Gustave Lambert ...

Champ-de-Mars. Première ascension aérostatique du ballon le Pole Nord ...

Broadside announcing an ascension of the giant balloon "Le Pole Nord" from the Champ-de-Mars, Paris, June 27, 1869. Proceeds from the event, organized by balloonists Wilfrid de Fonvielle and Gaston Tissandier,... More

Champ de Mars, dimanche 17 juin, a 5 heures préciss. Ascension aérostatique du ballon le Pole Nord au bénéfice de l'expédition de M. Gustave Lambert

Champ de Mars, dimanche 17 juin, a 5 heures préciss. Ascension aérosta...

Broadside announcing an ascension of the giant balloon "Le Pole Nord" from the Champ-de-Mars, Paris, June 27, 1869. Proceeds from the event, organized by balloonists Wilfrid de Fonvielle and Gaston Tissandier, ... More

Descente du ballon le Pôle Nord à Auneau (Eure et Loir) le 27 juin 1869, par G. Tissandier / gravé par Erhard.

Descente du ballon le Pôle Nord à Auneau (Eure et Loir) le 27 juin 186...

Diagram shows (1) "Trajectoire de l'aérostat (elévation)" and (2) "Courbe de trainage (plan)" to document the barometric measurements for altitude and distance covered, made by Gaston Tissandier in the balloon ... More

Affiche. -- Dépêche placardée à Lyon, et annonçant l'atterrissage du ballon-poste piloté par Gaston Tissandier.

Affiche. -- Dépêche placardée à Lyon, et annonçant l'atterrissage du b...

Picryl description: Public domain illustrated book page scan, drawings, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.

Conciliabule a cote du ballon, le "George Sand," entre bis trois aeronautes Revilliod, Albert, et Gaston Tissandier le Mans, 30 octobre 1870 / Albert.

Conciliabule a cote du ballon, le "George Sand," entre bis trois aeron...

Drawing shows French balloonists J. de Revilliod and Albert and Gaston Tissandier standing at the right of the basket of the balloon "George Sand," which is tethered at Le Mans, France, during the Siege of Pari... More

Voyages aèriens de M.M. Albert et Gaston Tissandier. Tentative de retour dans Paris assiégé. Le ballon, "Le Jean Bart" descend au milieu de la Seine en vue de Jumièges, 8 novembre 1870 / Albert Tissandier.

Voyages aèriens de M.M. Albert et Gaston Tissandier. Tentative de reto...

Drawing shows the balloon "Jean Bart," flown by Albert and Gaston Tissandier descending over the Seine with tow ropes hanging into the river where landing was attempted during the Siege of Paris. "D'après natur... More

Paillettes de glace eclairées par les rayons du soleil observées en ballon / d'après nature, par M. Albert Tissandier ; Smeeton Tilly, sc.

Paillettes de glace eclairées par les rayons du soleil observées en ba...

Print shows the balloon "Zenith" piloted by Gaston and Albert Tissandier on an expedition to observe upper air meteorological conditions ascending into the clouds amid rays of sunlight. "Fig. 3." Illus. from an... More

[The balloon Zénith at sunrise or sunset, with five passengers during a long distance flight from Paris to Arcachon in March, 1875]

[The balloon Zénith at sunrise or sunset, with five passengers during ...

Possibly drawn by Albert Tissandier. Title and date devised by Library staff, based on illustrations in Histoire de mes ascensions ... / par Gaston Tissandier. Paris : M. Dreyfous, 1878. Tissandier collection.

Ascension du 26 septembre 1876, 700 mètres / Albert Tissandier.

Ascension du 26 septembre 1876, 700 mètres / Albert Tissandier.

Drawing shows Gaston and Albert Tissandier ascending in their balloon, "Zénith." (Source: A.G. Renstrom, LC staff, 1981-82)

Coating the plate. First position of the hands Second position of the hands

Coating the plate. First position of the hands Second position of the ...

Illustration shows the process of coating a glass plate negative with collodion. Illus. in: A history and handbook of photography / tr. from the French of Gaston Tissandier, 1878, page 126.

[Stationery illustrated with a stalk of wheat wrapped in a banner marked "Quo non ascendamus 1879" and a balloon flying above clouds and birds] / M. Mallet.

[Stationery illustrated with a stalk of wheat wrapped in a banner mark...

"A Monsieur Gaston Tissandier, respectueuse hommages, Maurice Mallet" inscribed on sheet. Tissandier collection.

[Gaston Tissandier, French balloonist, head-and-shoulders portrait] / H. Thiriat.

[Gaston Tissandier, French balloonist, head-and-shoulders portrait] / ...

Tissandier collection. Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Albert Tissandier (left), Gaston Tissandier (right), and an unidentified man in the basket of their airship demonstrating an electric navigational system featuring a propeller] / P. Ferat ; E.A. Tilly, sc.

[Albert Tissandier (left), Gaston Tissandier (right), and an unidentif...

Tissandier collection. Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Gaston Tissandier / Ch. Dietrich, sculps.

Gaston Tissandier / Ch. Dietrich, sculps.

Head-and-shoulders portrait of French balloonist, Gaston Tissandier. Library has two versions, mounted together: with text (no. 85a) and proof before letters (no. 85b). Tissandier collection.

[Gaston Tissandier, French balloonist, bust-length oval portrait] / H. Thiriat, s.

[Gaston Tissandier, French balloonist, bust-length oval portrait] / H....

Tissandier collection. Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Ville de Saint-Germain-en-Laye. 63me conférence de la bibliothèque populaire dans la salle du théatre, le mercredi 13 avril 1881 ... par M. Gaston Tissandier ... sur l'exploration de l'atmosphère par les aérostats. Projections à la lumière oxhydrique, par M. Molteni

Ville de Saint-Germain-en-Laye. 63me conférence de la bibliothèque pop...

Text-only broadside announcing Gaston Tissandier's lecture on his exploration of the atmosphere by balloon, held April 13, 1881, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France, as part of a library program. Tissandier collection.

Aérostat électrique a hélice conduit dans les airs / par M.M. Albert et Gaston Tissandier, le 8 octobre 1883.

Aérostat électrique a hélice conduit dans les airs / par M.M. Albert e...

Design drawings show several views of an electric powered airship designed by Albert and Gaston Tissandier, which made an ascension October 8, 1883 from Auteil, France. (Source: A.G. Renstrom, LC staff, 1981-82... More

[Gaston Tissandier, French balloonist, full-length portrait standing in basket of a balloon]

[Gaston Tissandier, French balloonist, full-length portrait standing i...

"Alt. 2000 m., au dessus de la fort de Cricy, a Monsieur Gaston Tissandier [...] du votre ascension du 26 juin 1886, Maurice [...]" inscribed upper left corner of image. Tissandier collection.

Réunion annuelle des collaborateurs de "La Nature," premier diner offert a M. Gaston Tissandier sous la Présidence de M. Cailletet, membre de l'Institut ... / Poyet.

Réunion annuelle des collaborateurs de "La Nature," premier diner offe...

Illustrated menu for a dinner held in honor of Gaston Tissandier at the Hotel Continental, Paris, March, 1887. Includes a profile portrait of Tissandier. Tissandier collection.

Gaston Tissandier dans sa nacelle. Aquarelle de Maurice Leloir (1887).

Gaston Tissandier dans sa nacelle. Aquarelle de Maurice Leloir (1887).

Picryl description: Public domain photo of portrait art painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

[Sixteen vignettes from the lives of French balloonists, Albert and Gaston Tissandier] / Adrien Marie à Gaston Tissandier souvenir de notre ascension du 3 aôut 1887.

[Sixteen vignettes from the lives of French balloonists, Albert and Ga...

Drawing shows preparation for a balloon ascension, view from the balloon, landing at Chauvigny and deflation, and discussion of the event at the dinner table at the Chateau de l'Odière. Compare with pencil sket... More

[Pencil sketch for sixteen vignettes from the lives of French balloonists Albert and Gaston Tissandier]

[Pencil sketch for sixteen vignettes from the lives of French ballooni...

Drawing shows preparation for a balloon ascension, view from the balloon, landing at Chauvigny and deflation, and discussion of the event at the dinner table at the Chateau de l'Odière. Attribution and date bas... More

Lettre autographe de Charles Renard à Gaston Tissandier (1886).

Lettre autographe de Charles Renard à Gaston Tissandier (1886).

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Lettre autographe de Charles Renard à Gaston Tissandier (1886).

Lettre autographe de Charles Renard à Gaston Tissandier (1886).

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Lettre autographe de Charles Renard à Gaston Tissandier (1886).

Lettre autographe de Charles Renard à Gaston Tissandier (1886).

Picryl description: Public domain illustrated book page scan, drawings, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.

Portrait de Gaston Tissandier, (1843-1899), (aéronaute, chimiste, photographe)

Portrait de Gaston Tissandier, (1843-1899), (aéronaute, chimiste, phot...

Portrait carte de visite. Photo contrecollée sur carton Inscription - Inscription au verso Portrait de Gaston Tissandier, (1843-1899), (aéronaute, chimiste, photographe)

Image from page 37 of "La navigation aérienne : l'aviation et la direction des aérostats dans les temps anciens et modernes" (1886)

Image from page 37 of "La navigation aérienne : l'aviation et la dire...

Identifier: 39002011210698.med.yale.edu.Title: La navigation aérienne : l'aviation et la direction des aérostats dans les temps anciens et modernes ( ...internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookid39002011210698.med... More

[Gaston Tissandier, French balloonist, seated at a desk in his study] / H. Thiriat.

[Gaston Tissandier, French balloonist, seated at a desk in his study] ...

"Tissandier's workroom" inscribed on mount. Tissandier collection. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Gaston Tissandier, French balloonist, seated at a desk in his study] / H. Thiriat.

[Gaston Tissandier, French balloonist, seated at a desk in his study] ...

"Tissandier's workroom" inscribed on mount. Tissandier collection. Public domain photograph of 19th century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Airship powered by an electric motor developed by Albert and Gaston Tissandier departing from Auteuil, Paris, France, October 8, 1883 LCCN2002736254

Airship powered by an electric motor developed by Albert and Gaston Ti...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an early aircraft, balloon, airship, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Elktroluftschiff - A group of people standing around a hot air balloon

Elktroluftschiff - A group of people standing around a hot air balloon

Deutsch: Das Elektroluftschiff von Albert und Gaston Tissandier bei der Abfahrt in Auteil, Paris am 8. Oktober 1883. English: Airship powered by an electric motor developed by Albert and Gaston Tissandier dep... More

Gaston Tissandier MSH

Gaston Tissandier MSH

Svenska: Gaston Tissandier

Gaston Tissandier MSH

Gaston Tissandier MSH

Svenska: Gaston Tissandier

Tissandier, Gaston, par Liébert, BNF Gallica

Tissandier, Gaston, par Liébert, BNF Gallica

Français : Gaston Tissandier (1843 - 1899), scientifique et aérostier français.English: Gaston Tissandier (1843 - 1899), french scientist and balloonist.

Travels in the Air - A FEW VIGOROUS ARMS LIFT UP THE CAR

Travels in the Air - A FEW VIGOROUS ARMS LIFT UP THE CAR

"A FEW VIGOROUS ARMS LIFT UP THE CAR."

Travels in the Air - AFTER SUNSET, AS SEEN FROM THE BALLOON
Travels in the Air - Circular effect of the clouds
Travels in the Air - IN ONE BOUND WE PASSED THROUGH THE THICK LAYER OF CLOUD

Travels in the Air - IN ONE BOUND WE PASSED THROUGH THE THICK LAYER OF...

"IN ONE BOUND WE PASSED THROUGH THE THICK LAYER OF CLOUD."

Travels in the Air - Descent of the Neptune at cape Gris-Nez

Travels in the Air - Descent of the Neptune at cape Gris-Nez

Descent of the "Neptune" at cape Gris-Nez.

Travels in the Air - DESCENT OF THE UNION BALLOON IN THE CEMETERY OF CLICHY

Travels in the Air - DESCENT OF THE UNION BALLOON IN THE CEMETERY OF C...

DESCENT OF THE "UNION" BALLOON IN THE CEMETERY OF CLICHY.

Travels in the Air - Gaston Tissandier
Travels in the Air - Interior of the Union balloon inflated with air

Travels in the Air - Interior of the Union balloon inflated with air

Interior of the "union" balloon inflated with air.

Travels in the Air - Double Balloon ascent of M. G. Tissandier

Travels in the Air - Double Balloon ascent of M. G. Tissandier

Double Balloon ascent of M. G. Tissandier. 8th November 1868.

Travels in the Air - Sunset whilst the balloon is at sea
Travels in the Air - RETURN OF THE AERONAUTS
Travels in the Air - We rise slowly amidst the snow

Travels in the Air - We rise slowly amidst the snow

"We rise slowly amidst the snow."

Travels in the Air - THE BALLOON BEGAN TO BEND OVER

Travels in the Air - THE BALLOON BEGAN TO BEND OVER

"THE BALLOON BEGAN TO BEND OVER."

Travels in the Air - The Balloon has Burst!
Travels in the Air - THE SEINE AS SEEN FROM THE BALLOON ABOVE ASNIÈRES

Travels in the Air - THE SEINE AS SEEN FROM THE BALLOON ABOVE ASNIÈRES

THE SEINE AS SEEN FROM THE BALLOON ABOVE ASNIÈRES.

Travels in the Air - WE FELL SOFTLY TO THE GROUND IN A FIELD

Travels in the Air - WE FELL SOFTLY TO THE GROUND IN A FIELD

"WE FELL SOFTLY TO THE GROUND IN A FIELD."

Travels in the Air - VIEW OF THE CAPTIVE BALLOON AT LONDON

Travels in the Air - VIEW OF THE CAPTIVE BALLOON AT LONDON

VIEW OF THE "CAPTIVE" BALLOON AT LONDON.

Travels in the Air - THOUSANDS OF PEASANTS CAME FROM GREAT DISTANCES TO SEE US

Travels in the Air - THOUSANDS OF PEASANTS CAME FROM GREAT DISTANCES T...

"THOUSANDS OF PEASANTS CAME FROM GREAT DISTANCES TO SEE US."

Grange à la ferme où le ballon Zénith est tombé en 1875

Grange à la ferme où le ballon Zénith est tombé en 1875

Français : Grange à la ferme où le ballon Zénith est tombé en 1875 (d'après un livre de Gaston Tissandier "Histoire de mes ascensions")

Tissandier Glory - Public domain  drawing

Tissandier Glory - Public domain drawing

19th century drawing of a glory observed from a hydrogen balloon by the Tissandier brothers. Français : Albert Tissandier: Phénomène d'optique observé en ballon, le 10 février 1873 - Altitude 1350 mètres, ill... More

Tissandier inertia - A black and white drawing of a man holding a bat

Tissandier inertia - A black and white drawing of a man holding a bat

Français : Expérience relative à l'inertie. Svenska: Lagarne för kroppars tröghet. Att slå itu en käpp öfver två glas.

Gaston Tissandier - A black and white drawing of a man with a beard
La Nature Cover page

La Nature Cover page

Cover page of first issue of La Nature

Public Domain Images - Tisandier-3

Public Domain Images - Tisandier-3

Photograph of Albert Tissandier, left, Gaston Tissandier and a third unidentified man. 1890s Public Domain, created circa 1890

Popular science monthly (1872) (14763678151)

Popular science monthly (1872) (14763678151)

Identifier: popularsciencemo27newyuoft (find matches) Title: Popular science monthly Year: 1872 (1870s) Authors: Subjects: Science Publisher: New York : D. Appleton Contributing Library: Gerstein - Univer... More

[Head-and-shoulders portrait of French balloonists Albert Tissandier (left) and Gaston Tissandier (right) inside an oval, with vignettes above of balloons "Zenith" and "Jean Bart" and an airship below] / Boulard, fils.

[Head-and-shoulders portrait of French balloonists Albert Tissandier (...

Tissandier collection. Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Head-and-shoulders portrait of French balloonists Albert Tissandier (left) and Gaston Tissandier (right) inside an oval, with vignettes above of balloons "Zenith" and "Jean Bart" and an airship below] / Boulard, fils.

[Head-and-shoulders portrait of French balloonists Albert Tissandier (...

Tissandier collection. Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Lettre autographe de Jules Michelet à Gaston Tissandier (1869).
Lettre autographe de Charles Renard à Gaston Tissandier (1886).
Lettre autographe de Charles Renard à Gaston Tissandier (1886).
Lettre autographe de Charles Renard à Gaston Tissandier (1886).
[View of journalist Joseph Crocé-Spinelli, naval officer Henri Sivel, and Gaston Tissandier in the basket of the balloon, "Zénith," after losing consciousness due to lack of oxygen after reaching an altitude of nearly 28,000 ft., near Paris, France, April, 1875] / [...] ; Lefman, sc.

[View of journalist Joseph Crocé-Spinelli, naval officer Henri Sivel, ...

Newspaper clipping from French serial La Nature? Tissandier collection. Public domain image of a balloon aerostat, early aeronautics, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[View of journalist Joseph Crocé-Spinelli, naval officer Henri Sivel, and Gaston Tissandier in the basket of the balloon, "Zénith," after losing consciousness due to lack of oxygen after reaching an altitude of nearly 28,000 ft., near Paris, France, April, 1875] / [...] ; Lefman, sc.

[View of journalist Joseph Crocé-Spinelli, naval officer Henri Sivel, ...

Newspaper clipping from French serial La Nature? Tissandier collection. Public domain image of a balloon aerostat, early aeronautics, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Airship powered by an electric motor developed by Albert and Gaston Tissandier departing from Auteuil, Paris, France, October 8, 1883] / Poyet, del ; E. A. Tilly.

[Airship powered by an electric motor developed by Albert and Gaston T...

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[Airship powered by an electric motor developed by Albert and Gaston Tissandier departing from Auteuil, Paris, France, October 8, 1883] / Poyet, del ; E. A. Tilly.

[Airship powered by an electric motor developed by Albert and Gaston T...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an early aircraft, balloon, airship, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Lunar halo and luminescent cross observed during the balloon Zénith's long distance flight from Paris to Arcachon in March, 1875]

[Lunar halo and luminescent cross observed during the balloon Zénith's...

Possibly drawn by Albert Tissandier. Title and date devised by Library staff, based on illustrations in Histoire de mes ascensions ... / par Gaston Tissandier. Paris : M. Dreyfous, 1878. Tissandier collection. ... More

[Lunar halo and luminescent cross observed during the balloon Zénith's long distance flight from Paris to Arcachon in March, 1875]

[Lunar halo and luminescent cross observed during the balloon Zénith's...

Possibly drawn by Albert Tissandier. Title and date devised by Library staff, based on illustrations in Histoire de mes ascensions ... / par Gaston Tissandier. Paris : M. Dreyfous, 1878. Tissandier collection. ... More