Bilbrough's Plan for Guiding Balloons
Dates
- Creation: 1841 March 6
Creator
- 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
2 items: 16.6 x 5.2 cm(full balloon image), 0.7 x 5.2 cm(2-line text), 15.4 x 5.2 cm(Fig.3 image), as complete image (reverse side): 17.3 x 10.4 cm
General Note
Clipping with 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. Illustrations show the balloon as a whole and a close-up of the boiler apparatus.
original publication
The Penny Mechanic and Chemist. A Magazine of the Arts and Sciences.
Subject
- Green, Charles, 1785-1870 (Person)
- Bilbrough, T. (Person)
Genre / Form
Topical
Repository Details
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