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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]- 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]- Books
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British balloon, which ascended from Tottenham-court-road the 23d of March last, with its constructor, Count Zambeccari, accompanied by Admiral Sir Edward Vernon, and performed a voyage of thirty-seven miles, in the space of a single hour.
Date: 1785]- Pictures
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A hot-air balloon leaves the ground in driving rain. Coloured wood engraving.
Reference: 36409i- Archives and manuscripts
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Sage, Balthasar Georges (1740-1824), French chemist
Sage, Balthasar Georges, 1740-1824.Date: 1776-1824Reference: MS.7570- Pictures
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A red balloon with a red label attached floats above a group of further balloons with the message in French: "Sponsor a balloon. Send a message"; an advertisement for a fundraising balloon event at Paris Champs de Mars on Saturday 28 October1995 to help combat AIDS by VLS (Vaincre le SIDA). Colour lithograph.
Date: 1995Reference: 672651i- Books
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Le grand ballon captif à vapeur de M. Henry Giffard : cour des Tuileries--Paris, 1878 / Gaston Tissandier ; avec de nombreuses illustrations par Albert Tissandier.
Tissandier, Gaston, 1843-1899.Date: Juillet 1878- Pictures
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Pneumatics: scientific equipment. Coloured engraving by J. Emslie, 1850, after himself.
Emslie, John, 1813-1875.Date: 10 December 1850Reference: 47008iPart of: Popular diagrams :- Pictures
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People using advanced materials and modes of transport in the year 2000, some travelling in hot-air balloons, some with their own wings, and some in carriages running on steam. Lithograph by C.J. Grant, 1834.
Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), active 1830-1852.Date: 1834Reference: 37253i- Pictures
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Honourable Artillery Company ground, London: people gather in the streets and on roof tops to watch the Lunardi hydrogen balloon going over their heads in the sky, 1784. Process print.
Reference: 36435i- Books
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Journal and certificates on the fourth voyage of Mr. Blanchard, Who ascended from the Royal Military Academy, at Chelsea, The 16th of October, 1784, at 9 Minutes past Twelve O'Clock, and was accompanied, as far as Sunbury, By John Sheldon, Esq. Professor of Anatomy, and fellow of the Royal Society; And, from Sunbury, continued his Voyage, alone, to Rumsey, in Hampshire. Dedicated, by permission, To his grace, The Duke of Northumberland.
Blanchard, Jean-Pierre, 1753-1809.Date: MDCCLXXXIV. [1784]- Pictures
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Pneumatics: an air-rifle and a kind of windmill. Engraving by J. Taylor.
Date: 1802Reference: 47576i- Pictures
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Pneumatics: an air-rifle and a kind of spirit lamp [?]. Engraving by W. Lowry, 1802.
Date: 2 September 1802Reference: 47572i- Books
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A short description of the aerostatic machine, now exhibiting at the great room, late the King's-Arms Tavern, Cornhill.
Date: 1784?]- Books
Take control of your weight... and your life : BIB (Bioenterics Intragastric Balloon) Program / Inamed Health.
Date: [2004]- Books
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Airopaidia: containing the narrative of a balloon excursion from Chester, the eighth of September, 1785, taken from Minutes made during the Voyage: Hints on the Improvement of Balloons, and Mode of Inflation by Steam. Means to Prevent their Descent over Water: Occasional Enquiries into the State of the Atmosphere, Favouring their Direction: with various Philosophical Observations and Conjectures. To which is subjoined, mensuration of heights by the barometer, made plain: with extensive tables. The whole serving as an introduction to ærial navigation: with a copious index. By Thomas Baldwin, Esq. A. M.
Baldwin, Thomas.Date: [1786]- Pictures
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Crowds of people gathered at an entertainment at Basford, Staffordshire, including music and a balloon. Coloured wood engraving, 1859.
Date: 1859Reference: 36380i- Pictures
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Crowds gather at the parade ground of the Honourable Artillery Company in London to watch two hot-air balloons. Gouache.
Date: 1884Reference: 37485i- Books
A narrative of two aerial voyages / [John Jeffries].
Jeffries, John, 1745-1819.Date: 1971- Books
Coronary angioplasty / British Heart Foundation.
Date: 2009- Books
Andreas Grüntzig : eine Idee verändert die Medizin / A. Beck.
Beck, Andreas, 1948-Date: [1999]- Pictures
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Pneumatics: page to a partwork on science, with pictures of scientific equipment. Engraving by W. Lowry, 1804.
Date: 1 November 1804Reference: 47590i- Pictures
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A procession of carriages watched by crowds lining the streets, with soldiers on parade: a hot-air balloon flies overhead. Coloured engraving, 1814.
Date: 1st Feby. 1820Reference: 36447i- Pictures
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The Great Industrial Exhibition, Dublin, 1853: a hot-air balloon flies above. Lithograph.
Date: 1853Reference: 36445i- Books
Mitral stenosis and valvotomy / Madho Prashad Vaidya and Digvijai Bahl.
Vaidya, Madho Prashad.Date: 1971