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
![[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
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
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
![[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
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
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