Air-balloons / A. Bell, sculpt.
Book illustration shows five early balloon ascensions in France: two Montgolfier balloons (Fauxbourg St. Antoine and St. Germain); a 1784 balloon of Jean-Pierre Blanchard; and a Charles and Robert balloon being... More
Nouvelle forme de globe aërostatique. Au centre duquel est adapté pour...
Design drawing shows front and side elevations and plan of balloon with devices designed to facilitate navigation and maneuverability while in the air. Tissandier collection.
Le veritable navigateur aerien / L.J. Stoupy Bijou, invenit et delinea...
Design drawing for an airship navigational system project by Stoupy Bijou consisting of five balloons fastened to a sixty foot mast, a rudder, two 12 foot long oars, and two polygonal vanes to control the rise ... More
![[Le premier parachute de Jacques Garnerin, essayé par lui-même au parc de Mousseaux, le 22 octobre 1797]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTIvMDEvbGUtcHJlbWllci1wYXJhY2h1dGUtZGUtamFjcXVlcy1nYXJuZXJpbi1lc3NheWUtcGFyLWx1aS1tZW1lLWF1LXBhcmMtZGUtbW91c3NlYXV4LWFmNDRiYy0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/42/webp "[Le premier parachute de Jacques Garnerin, essayé par lui-même au parc de Mousseaux, le 22 octobre 1797]")
[Le premier parachute de Jacques Garnerin, essayé par lui-même au parc...
Three technical illustrations show "Calotte du parachute" (crown of deployed parachute); "Parachute ployé, à l'instant du départe" (release from ascending balloon); and "Parachute déployé, à l'instant de la sép... More
![Nouveau système de locomotion aérienne du Docteur Van Hecke / dessine et gravé par [ Ch de Ck? ].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjYvbm91dmVhdS1zeXN0ZW1lLWRlLWxvY29tb3Rpb24tYWVyaWVubmUtZHUtZG9jdGV1ci12YW4taGVja2UtZGVzc2luZS1ldC1ncmF2ZS1iNGFjMDMtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/32/webp "Nouveau système de locomotion aérienne du Docteur Van Hecke / dessine et gravé par [ Ch de Ck? ].")
Nouveau système de locomotion aérienne du Docteur Van Hecke / dessine ...
Design drawing for system of harnessing several balloons in descending size to provide the lift to transport various weights of people and mail, proposed by Dr. Van Hecke of Brussels. (Source: A.G. Renstrom, LC... More
Parachute par Mr. A.J. Garnerin
Technical illustration shows a man, possibly André Jacques Garnerin, standing in the basket of a descending parachute. "Fig. 10" from an unidentified publication. Tissandier collection.
Tableau explicatif général. Les effets du vol aérien actif / / lith. S...
Technical illustration shows 21 figures about aeronautics: the mechanics of insect flight (Figs. 1, 3-5), wing design (Figs. 7-9, 13-15), the effects of propellers (Figs. 2 & 6), and a man-powered device design... More
Patent drawing - Aérostat dirigeable système Vaussin Chardanne, brevet...
Scaled design drawings for patent issued to Vaussin Chardanne in 1853 for an airship operated by means of six propellers and having accommodations for passengers on two levels. Airship proposal presented to the... More
La locomotion aérienne passive. Principes de la nature sur la chûte re...
Technical illustration shows 14 figures with various designs for parachutes, including Blanchard's parachute, and several vessels with wings. "Invt. & constr. de Tollin" below fig. 11. Illus. from: L'aéronauti... More
Patent drawing - Navigation aérienne. Solution dʹun grand problème par...
Scaled design drawings for a patent show Aug. Lanteigne's system of aerial navigation, which used a continuous belt of sails to achieve propulsion. (Source: A.G. Renstrom, LC staff, 1981-82.) Tissandier collection.
![[Design drawing for a man-powered flying machine designed by Sir George Cayley] / Lith. Jolicoeur, pass. Vendome, 25.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTMvZGVzaWduLWRyYXdpbmctZm9yLWEtbWFuLXBvd2VyZWQtZmx5aW5nLW1hY2hpbmUtZGVzaWduZWQtYnktc2lyLWdlb3JnZS1jYXlsZXktMmFhZGZlLTEwMjQuanBn/40/33/webp "[Design drawing for a man-powered flying machine designed by Sir George Cayley] / Lith. Jolicoeur, pass. Vendome, 25.")
[Design drawing for a man-powered flying machine designed by Sir Georg...
Illus. from: "Memoire sur la vol artificiel," by George Cayley, in Société aérostatique et météorologique de France, bull. no. 4, 1853, pl. 1. Title devised by library staff. (Source: A.G. Renstrom, LC staff, 1... More
Patent drawing - Navire aérien dirigeable. Systême J.B. Métivier, forc...
Scaled design drawing for a patent submitted by J.B. Métivier shows two cross-sections for a fish shaped airship utilizing balloons, sails, bellows, and propellers to transport passengers. (Source: A.G. Renstro... More
Navire aérien, le poisson volant, inventé et exécuté par M. Camille Ve...
Broadside announcing the exhibit at the Palais de l'industrie, séances expérimentales in Paris of a fish-shaped, steam-powered airship designed by Camille Vert. Features design drawing of the airship, equipped ... More
![[Technical illustration shows four stages of André Garnerin's parachute: apparatus for inflating a balloon with hydrogen, a balloon in flight, parachute attached to ascending balloon, and parachute deployed in descent] / Fauchery, del. et sc.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTQvdGVjaG5pY2FsLWlsbHVzdHJhdGlvbi1zaG93cy1mb3VyLXN0YWdlcy1vZi1hbmRyZS1nYXJuZXJpbnMtcGFyYWNodXRlLWFwcGFyYXR1cy02NTYxYWUtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/58/webp "[Technical illustration shows four stages of André Garnerin's parachute: apparatus for inflating a balloon with hydrogen, a balloon in flight, parachute attached to ascending balloon, and parachute deployed in descent] / Fauchery, del. et sc.")
[Technical illustration shows four stages of André Garnerin's parachut...
"Pl. I" from unidentified publication. Tissandier collection. Public domain image of a balloon aerostat, early aeronautics, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Aviation, études, essais et inventions qui, sans résourdre le problème...
Design drawings for a man-powered flying machine with manually controlled wings entitled, "Vélocipède aérien," proposed by Jean Jacques Bourcart, Paris, August, 1866. (Source: A.G. Renstrom, LC staff, 1981-82.)... More
Moteur hydrostatique & a base de tous liquides à mouvement perpetuel r...
Design drawings for a hydrostatic motor capable of up to 100,000 horse power, for use in air, sea and land transportation, invented by J.B. Metivier in 1867. (Source: A.G. Renstrom, LC staff, 1981-82). Tissand... More
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
![[Five technical illustrations show network of ropes and apparatus for securing multi-passenger platforms on captive balloons; arrangement of ropes for netting; and an elaborate hydrogen manufacturing and pumping station for inflating balloons] / A. Tissandier.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMTMvZml2ZS10ZWNobmljYWwtaWxsdXN0cmF0aW9ucy1zaG93LW5ldHdvcmstb2Ytcm9wZXMtYW5kLWFwcGFyYXR1cy1mb3Itc2VjdXJpbmctYjVmOWVmLTEwMjQuanBn/40/32/webp "[Five technical illustrations show network of ropes and apparatus for securing multi-passenger platforms on captive balloons; arrangement of ropes for netting; and an elaborate hydrogen manufacturing and pumping station for inflating balloons] / A. Tissandier.")
[Five technical illustrations show network of ropes and apparatus for ...
Scale "Échelle de 0m.015 pour 1 mètre" on two prints. "Giffard" inscribed bottom left. Tissandier collection.
Direction des ballons (système Ardisson), Bordeaux, le 26 janvier 1871
Design drawings for a system proposed by Annibal Ardisson to navigate a balloon from a platform located below the bag. The aeronaut manipulates blades in a moveable drum to interact with the wind and affect the... More
Formule pour connaître la pression du vent sur la surface d'un ballon ...
Scaled diagram shows inventor Annibal Ardisson's formula for determining how the pressure of the wind on the surface of the balloon determines the force and speed required to achieve balloon flight. (Source: A.... More
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
Ascension de "l'Amiral Courbet" par M.H. Lachambre diagramme de l'asce...
Diagram shows the altitude maintained at various geographical points by the balloon "L'Amiral Courbet," which ascended from Paris, August 4, 1890 and descended at Montignac, near d'Angoulême, August 5. The ball... More
Flying / J.W. Lowry, sculpt. - Drawing. Public domain image.
Technical illustration shows Besnier's 1678 design for a flying machine using arm and leg power, two views of Jakob Degen's man-powered flying machine, and two views after designs published in Thomas Walker's "... More
Flying / J.W. Lowry, sculpt.
Technical illustration shows Besnier's 1678 design for a flying machine using arm and leg power, two views of Jakob Degen's man-powered flying machine, and two views after designs published in Thomas Walker's "... More
Aeronautics / drawn by Joseph Clement ; engraved by A.W. Warren & J. D...
Technical illustration shows early balloon designs: "Lana's aeronautic machine," Montgolfiers' balloon," "Blanchard's balloon," "Garnerin ascending [and] descending" in his parachute, the "Charles & Roberts' ba... More
Aeronautics / drawn by Joseph Clement ; engraved by A.W. Warren & J. D...
Technical illustration shows early balloon designs: "Lana's aeronautic machine," Montgolfiers' balloon," "Blanchard's balloon," "Garnerin ascending [and] descending" in his parachute, the "Charles & Roberts' ba... More