The Strong Gale
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Date
1825-1855Description
Three unrelated items: An engraving of children launching paper boats on a stream while a woman behind them picks wheat. A balloon is ascended in the background; A short article from Punch magazine about Lieutenant [George] Gale's proposal to undertake a balloon expedition to search for Sir John Franklin, with an accompanying illustration of a balloon covered with snow; Two excerpts of an article on aeronautics. For more information about this item, visit https://archivesspace.mit.edu/repositories/2/digital_objects/709
Subject
Inventions, Balloonists, Balloons (aircraft), Boats and boating, landscapes (representations), Pilâtre de Rozier, Jean-François, 1754-1785, Montgolfier, Joseph-Michel, 1740-1810, Montgolfier, Jacques-Etienne, 1745-1799, Charles, Jacques Alexandre César, 1746-1823, Gale, George Burcher, Franklin, John, Sir, 1786-1847, Cavallo, Tiberius, 1749-1809