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dc.coverage.spatialHornsey (London, England)en_US
dc.coverage.spatialSurrey (England)en_US
dc.creatorUnknownen_US
dc.datec. 1851-1874en_US
dc.date.accessioned2022-01-28T16:27:48Z
dc.date.available2022-01-28T16:27:48Z
dc.date.issued1846-1879en_US
dc.identifierVBI_000305
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/193279
dc.descriptionArticle about Henry Coxwell's balloon voyage in which he made the observation that air currents run north to south at high altitudes. This discovery ran contrary to the ideas of unnamed American aeronauts who believed there was a fixed current on which they could travel west to east, across the Atlantic.en_US
dc.descriptionFor more information about this item, visit https://archivesspace.mit.edu/repositories/2/digital_objects/572en_US
dc.languageengen_US
dc.rightsNo Copyright - United Statesen_US
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/en_US
dc.subjectWindsen_US
dc.subjectNavigation (Aeronautics)en_US
dc.subjectBallooningen_US
dc.subjectGlaisher, James, 1809-1903en_US
dc.subjectCoxwell, Henry Traceyen_US
dc.titleFrom the observations made by Mr. Coxwell...en_US
dc.typeTexten_US
dc.publisher.institutionMassachusetts Institute of Technology. Libraries. Department of Distinctive Collectionsen_US
dc.type.genreclippings (information artifacts)


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