Aeolipile-Aerostation
Dates
- Creation: 19th century
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 18
Physical Description
Other
Dimensions
10 pages; 26.1 x 17.5 cm
General Note
Pages from an encyclopedia with entries on the history of aerostation. Some passages are taken from "Astra Castra: Experiments and adventures in the atmosphere" by Hatton Turnor and Monk Mason's "Aeronautica; or, Sketches illustrative of the theory and practice of Aerostation.
Subject
- Green, Charles, 1785-1870 (Person)
- Blanchard, Jean-Pierre, 1753-1809 (Person)
- Montgolfier, Jacques-Etienne, 1745-1799 (Person)
- Montgolfier, Joseph-Michel, 1740-1810 (Person)
- Charles, Jacques Alexandre César, 1746-1823 (Person)
- Robert, M. N. (Marie-Noël), 1761-1826 (Person)
- Jeffries, John, 1745-1819 (Person)
- Cavallo, Tiberius, 1749-1809 (Person)
- Mason, Monck, 1803-1889 (Person)
- Hollond, Robert (Person)
- Gay-Lussac, Joseph Louis, 1778-1850 (Person)
- Saussure, Horace Bénédict de, 1740-1799 (Person)
- Orléans, Louis Philippe, duc d’, 1725-1785 (Person)
- Leslie, John, Sir, 1766-1832 (Person)
Repository Details
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