Descente de la Machine
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Date
1783Description
Colored etching depicting the first descent of J.A.C. Charles and M.N. Robert in a field and the men who arrived at the landing site. The caption explains the details of the December 1, 1783 flight. Originally printed in Représentation du globe aérostatique... by J.A.C. Charles For more information about this item, visit https://archivesspace.mit.edu/repositories/2/digital_objects/356
Subject
Balloon ascensions -- France -- 1780-1790, Balloons (aircraft), Ballooning, Balloonists, Charles, Jacques Alexandre César, 1746-1823, Robert, M. N. (Marie-Noël), 1761-1826