Du Memoire sur la direction des Aerostats par fix H.
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Date
1800-1899Description
Page from an auction catalog with a check next to an entry for "Memoire sur la direction des Aerostats" (1802) by Felix Henin. The frontispiece to the volume is printed on the verso, depicting a balloon flying with sails, a rudder, and an upturned parachute beneath it. For more information about this item, visit https://archivesspace.mit.edu/repositories/2/digital_objects/623
Subject
Parachutes, Balloons (aircraft), Ballooning, Auction catalogs, Hénin de Cuvillers, Etienne-Félix, baron d', 1755-1841