MIT Libraries logoDome

MIT
View Item 
  • Dome Home
  • Distinctive Collections
  • Theodore N. Vail Collection of Aeronautical Prints, Broadsides, and Clippings
  • View Item
  • Dome Home
  • Distinctive Collections
  • Theodore N. Vail Collection of Aeronautical Prints, Broadsides, and Clippings
  • View Item
JavaScript is disabled for your browser. Some features of this site may not work without it.

Dangerous Descent of the Aeronauts at Rainham

Macdonnell, Richard Graves, 1814-1881; Green, Charles, 1785-1870
Thumbnail
DownloadVBI-000390-001_sv.jpg (1.870Mb)
Alternate file
VBI-000390-002_sv.jpg (960.4Kb)
VBI-000390-003_sv.jpg (647.8Kb)
URI
https://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/193364
Date
1840
Description
First-hand accounts of a difficult balloon descent made in Rainham by Charles Green and Richard Graves MacDonnell on August 17, 1840. An accompanying illustration shows the balloon landing in tall grass during high winds.
 
For more information about this item, visit https://archivesspace.mit.edu/repositories/2/digital_objects/656
 
Subject
Balloonists, Balloon ascensions, Ballooning -- Accidents, Macdonnell, Richard Graves, 1814-1881, Green, Charles, 1785-1870
Rights
No Copyright - United States http://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/
Metadata
Show full item record

Collections
  • Theodore N. Vail Collection of Aeronautical Prints, Broadsides, and Clippings

Browse

All of DomeCommunities & CollectionsBy Issue DateCreatorsTitlesSubjectsThis CollectionBy Issue DateCreatorsTitlesSubjects

My Account

Login
MIT Libraries
PrivacyPermissionsAccessibilityContact us
MIT
Content created by the MIT Libraries, CC BY-NC unless otherwise noted. Notify us about copyright concerns.