12 results filtered with: Balloon ascensions
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A narrative of two aerial voyages / [John Jeffries].
Jeffries, John, 1745-1819.Date: 1971
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John Hampton ascending in the balloon 'Albion' and descending by parachute in Cremorne Gardens, London. Wood engraving, 1839.
Date: 1839Reference: 36411i
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Sage, Balthasar Georges (1740-1824), French chemist
Sage, Balthasar Georges, 1740-1824.Date: 1776-1824Reference: MS.7570
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Histoire de mes ascensions : récit de vingt-quatre voyages aériens [1868-1877] / Gaston Tissandier ; illustrée de nombreuses gravures hors texte par Albert Tissandier.
Tissandier, Gaston, 1843-1899.Date: [1880?]
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James Sadler setting off on the proposed first crossing of the Irish Sea from Dublin by balloon, 1812; with details of the hydrogen barrels and equipment. Engraving.
Date: 1800-1899Reference: 36294i
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Ascending and descending: (above) people in a balloon; (below) people seated in a rotunda around a pool and in danger of falling into the water. Etching by George Cruikshank, 1842.
Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878.Date: [1842]Reference: 32501i
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A balloon flies over a park with marquees and bunting where crowds of people are gathered. Coloured lithograph.
Date: 1800-1899Reference: 36443i
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The balloon "Royal Victoria" being launched at night by Charles Green at Vauxhall Gardens, London, watched by crowds of people. Wood engraving by Dalziel Brothers, 1878.
Date: 1878Reference: 36384i- Archives and manuscripts
Marsh, George (1723- ), Commissioner of the Navy, Director of Greenwich Hospital
Marsh, George, 1723-.Date: 18th centuryReference: MSS.7628-7629
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An account of the first aërial voyage in England : in a series of letters to his guardian, Chevalier Gherardo Compagni, written under the impressions of the various events that affected the undertaking / by Vincent Lunardi.
Lunardi, Vincent, 1759-1806.Date: 1784
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Wonderful balloon ascents, or, the conquest of the skies ; a history of balloons and balloon voyages / from the French of F. Marion.
Marion, Fulgence.Date: [1888]
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James Sadler setting off on the proposed first crossing of the Irish Sea from Dublin by balloon, 1812. Watercolour.
Reference: 36358i