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Four men in the basket of a balloon with some equipment. Wood engraving by Smyth after a photograph by Mayall.
Reference: 36390i- Pictures
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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- Pictures
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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- Pictures
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The ascent of the balloon 'Zenith' above the clouds with its three occupants (Crocé-Spinelli, Tissandier and Sivel) conducting operations, 1875. Coloured wood engraving.
Date: 1800-1899Reference: 36313i- Pictures
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A balloon sails over the headland and is rescued by a passing ship as it collapses. Coloured wood engraving.
Reference: 36407i- Pictures
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A large balloon is hanging over the old town hall at Calais preparing for take-off. Coloured wood engraving.
Reference: 36345i- Pictures
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A man with a balloon and rudders strapped to him. Engraving by P. Rothwell after De Bruyn.
Date: Sepr. 1 1802Reference: 36377i- Pictures
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The view from a balloon on a flight over southern England in 1881. Coloured wood engraving after W.B. Murray, 1881.
Murray, William Bazett, active 1871-1890.Date: [1881]Reference: 36420i- Pictures
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St. James's Park: people boating on the lake which has marquees with flags flying on its banks, a hot-air balloon flies overhead. Engraving, 1814.
Date: Septr. 9 1814Reference: 36446i- Pictures
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A man in shorts and safety helmet holds several balloons bearing the slogan 'Sydney Safe Sex Zone'; a message for the gay male community from the AIDS Council of New South Wales. Colour lithograph.
Date: [between 1990 and 1999]Reference: 669818i- Pictures
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A balloon ascending carrying Robert Cocking with his parachute; Robert Cocking; the parachute descending and about to crash at Lee in London. Coloured lithograph.
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The balloons of citizen Campenas, or Aerial castles realized. An essay on submarine navigation. The rafts of citizen Monge. Contre-rafts, or bomb-floats. With plates. By Francis Olivari, professor of modern languages and mathematics.
Olivari, Francis.Date: 1798- Pictures
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People gathered at the sea front, Weymouth: some are looking up and pointing to a hot-air balloon in the sky. Tinted lithograph.
Reference: 36444i- Books
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The royal balloon. Mr. Deeker, (in conjunction with a gentleman) both natives of this country, most respectfully acquaint the nobility, gentry, and public at large, that they have compleated a balloon, which may be presumed to equal, if not surpass any hitherto presented to the public.
Deeker, J. (Joseph).Date: 1785?]- Pictures
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A balloon ascent by the Montgolfier brothers at Versailles in 1783 watched by a huge crowd. Coloured etching.
Reference: 36351i- Pictures
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A balloon has descended on a village, much to the consternation of the inhabitants: a sheep is climbing out of the basket. Engraving by J. Lodge.
Date: Decr. 1st. 1783Reference: 36306i- Pictures
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Saint-Cloud, Boulogne, and the Pont de Saint-Cloud over the Seine, seen from a balloon. Coloured lithograph by Jules Arnout after himself, 1846.
Arnout, Jules, 1814-1868.Date: 1st February 1846Reference: 36441i- Pictures
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Roundhay Park, Leeds: the balloon 'Roundhay' flies above the park; a paddle-steamer takes passengers across the lake; in the foreground, a cascade. Coloured lithograph.
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A hot-air balloon leaves the ground in driving rain. Coloured wood engraving.
Reference: 36409i- Pictures
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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- Pictures
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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- Books
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The air balloon: or a treatise on the aerostatic globe, lately invented by the celebrated Mons. Montgolfier of Paris. Shewing, First-Those Properties of Air, which influence an Air Balloon. 2dly-The particular Construction and Methods of filling it. 3dly-Some of the great Variety of probable Uses which this important Discovery may be applied to for the Benefit of Mankind.
Date: MDCCLXXXIV. [1784]- Books
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Journal of my forty-fifth ascension, being the first performed in America, on the ninth of January, 1793. Aethereum tranabit iter, quo numine Blanchard? Impavidus, fortem non timet Icariam.
Blanchard, Jean-Pierre, 1753-1809.Date: M,DCC,XCIII. [1793]- Pictures
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A crowd of people including men wearing t-shirts bearing the logo '10 Years On Keep It Up!', with balloons and statistics for AIDS in New Zealand in 1993; advertisement celebrating the 10th year of the New Zealand AIDS Foundation. Colour lithograph, 1993.
Date: 1993Reference: 669578i- Books
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The air balloon: Or a Treatise on The aerostatic globe, Lately invented by The celebrated Mons. Montgolfier of Paris. Shewing, First-Those Properties of Air, which influence an Air Balloon. 2dly-The particular Construction and Methods of filling it. 3dly-Some of the great Variety of probable Uses which this important Discovery may be applied to for the Benefit of Mankind. The Whole rendered familiar to the plainest Capacity.
Date: MDCCLXXXIII. [1783]