Bilbrough's Plan for Guiding Balloons
Dates
- Creation: 1839 October 26, 1841 March 6
Creator
- Tangar, active 1839 (Author, Person)
- Bilbrough, T. (Person)
Conditions Governing Use
Access to the Theodore Newton Vail Collection of Aeronautical Images, Broadsides and Clippings is not authorization to publish. Separate written application for permission to publish must be made to the Institute Archives. Copyright of some items in this collection may be held by respective creators, not by the donor of the collection.
Language of Materials
English
Existence and Location of Originals
Box 16
Physical Description
Other
Dimensions
15.4 x 10.7 cm(balloon image), 3.4 x 5.5 cm(shorter column), 5.5 x 10.0 cm(longer column)
General Note
Two items: An illustration of T. Bilbrough's plan for guiding balloons, made in response to an apparatus designed by Mr. Green, printed on the front page of The Penny Mechanic of March 6, 1841; a response by Tangar to a proposal for a balloon apparatus, published in Mechanic's Magazine, October 26, 1839.
Subject
- Bilbrough, T. (Person)
Repository Details
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