Cassell's Illustrated Family Paper, December 5, 1865
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1863Description
First part of a two-part article on balloons and ballooning from Cassell's Illustrated Family Paper, including key events and figures, and descriptions of early aeronautic experiments and inventions. Accompanying illustrations depict Francesco Lana Terzi's airship design and Félix Nadar's balloon "Le Géant." For more information about this item, visit https://archivesspace.mit.edu/repositories/2/digital_objects/689
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Aeronautics -- Research, Balloons -- History, Inventions, Gay-Lussac, Joseph Louis, 1778-1850, Gusmão, Bartholomeu Lourenço de, 1685-1724, Lana Terzi, Francesco, 1631-1687, Cavallo, Tiberius, 1749-1809, Nadar,Félix, 1820-1910, Cavendish, Henry, 1731-1810, Montgolfier, Jacques-Etienne, 1745-1799, Montgolfier, Joseph-Michel, 1740-1810, Cassell's Illustrated Family Paper