| dc.creator | Cooke, Charles, active 1789-1817 | en_US |
| dc.creator | Lodge, John, 1756 or 1757-1830 | en_US |
| dc.date | 1790 February 5 | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-01-28T16:26:58Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2022-01-28T16:26:58Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1790 | en_US |
| dc.identifier | VBI_000251 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/193225 | |
| dc.description | Engraving with depictions of several balloons used in historically important ascents and the mechanics of various methods of balloon inflation and steering or propelling components. Pictured clockwise from top left: Vincent Lunardi's first British ascent from the Artillery grounds on September 14, 1784, Johann Karl Enslen's Pegasus-shaped balloon launch, Blanchard and Jeffries' cross-Channel journey on January 7, 1785, Lunardi's second ascent on May 13, 1785 and the Montgolfier brothers' balloon. In the center is a representation of Thomas Baldwin's aeriel view of Chester from Lunardi's balloon. | en_US |
| dc.description | For more information about this item, visit https://archivesspace.mit.edu/repositories/2/digital_objects/519 | en_US |
| dc.language | eng | en_US |
| dc.rights | No Copyright - United States | en_US |
| dc.rights.uri | http://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/ | en_US |
| dc.subject | Balloons (aircraft) | en_US |
| dc.subject | aerial views | en_US |
| dc.subject | pneumatic structures | en_US |
| dc.subject | Sails -- Aerodynamics | en_US |
| dc.title | Representation of various balloons | en_US |
| dc.type | Still Image | en_US |
| dc.publisher.institution | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Libraries. Department of Distinctive Collections | en_US |
| dc.type.genre | prints (visual works) | |
| dc.contributor.display | publisher: Cooke, Charles, active 1789-1817; engraver: Lodge, John, 1756 or 1757-1830 | en_US |
