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dc.creatorBell, Andrew, 1726-1809en_US
dc.date18th centuryen_US
dc.date.accessioned2022-01-28T16:25:08Z
dc.date.available2022-01-28T16:25:08Z
dc.date.issued1700-1799en_US
dc.identifierVBI_000133
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/193107
dc.descriptionEngraving showing five images of balloons. Clockwise from top left: Montgolfier's balloon ascension with Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier and Giroud de Villete on October 19 1783, Blanchard's "Vaiseau Volant," the Montgolfier brothers' balloon at Fauxbourg, St. Germain, the Montgolfier balloon launch from Versailles with the first living aeronauts-a sheep, rooster and duck, and Charles' and Roberts' launch of the first gas balloon at the Champ de Mars on August 27, 1783.en_US
dc.descriptionFor more information about this item, visit https://archivesspace.mit.edu/repositories/2/digital_objects/402en_US
dc.languagefreen_US
dc.rightsNo Copyright - United Statesen_US
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/en_US
dc.subjectplatformsen_US
dc.subjectCrowdsen_US
dc.subjectBalloonistsen_US
dc.subjectBalloons (aircraft)en_US
dc.titleAerostation pl.2en_US
dc.typeStill Imageen_US
dc.publisher.institutionMassachusetts Institute of Technology. Libraries. Department of Distinctive Collectionsen_US
dc.type.genreprints (visual works)
dc.contributor.displayengraver: Bell, Andrew, 1726-1809en_US


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