Aeronautics
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Date
1800-1899Description
Article describing the history of aeronautics, including inventions, innovations and important figures. Two unidentified pieces of cloth, presumably from a historic balloon ascent, are pasted on a sheet of paper. For more information about this item, visit https://archivesspace.mit.edu/repositories/2/digital_objects/668
Subject
Textile fabrics, Balloons (aircraft), Ballooning, Balloonists, Ballooning -- Accidents, Balloons -- History, Charles, Jacques Alexandre César, 1746-1823, Arlandes, François Laurent, marquis d', 1742-1809, Pilâtre de Rozier, Jean-François, 1754-1785, Montgolfier, Joseph-Michel, 1740-1810, Montgolfier, Jacques-Etienne, 1745-1799, Cavallo, Tiberius, 1749-1809, Black, Joseph, 1728-1799, Cavendish, Henry, 1731-1810, Garnerin, André Jacques, 1769-1823, Jeffries, John, 1745-1819, Blanchard, Jean-Pierre, 1753-1809, Robert, M. N. (Marie-Noël), 1761-1826