Blanchard's Balloon and Steering Apparatus
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Date
1833Description
Clipping from a 1833 Saturday Magazine article on ballooning history, detailing Jean-Pierre Francois Blanchard's first ascent and Blanchard and Dr. John Jeffries's voyage across the English Channel from Dover to Calais. An illustration shows images of Blanchard's balloons and steering apparatus. For more information about this item, visit https://archivesspace.mit.edu/repositories/2/digital_objects/607
Subject
Balloon ascensions, Inventions, Balloonists, Navigation (Aeronautics), Jeffries, John, 1745-1819, Blanchard, Jean-Pierre, 1753-1809