Altitude Collection

Neri to Akra, c1915. Creator: Stanfords Geographical Establishment
Neri to Akra, c1915. Map showing the journey of British writer, soldier and diplomatic advisor Mark Sykes in Turkey, (at that time part of the Ottoman Empire)

Institution for Cretins at Interlacken, Switzerland, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Institution for Cretins at Interlacken, Switzerland, 1850. Dr. Guggenbuhl had ascertained that Cretinism never exists above a certain elevation on the mountains; therefore

Instruments used by Mr. Glaisher during his balloon ascent, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Instruments used by Mr. Glaisher during his balloon ascent, 1862. 1. Barometer; 2; Wet and Dry Bulb Hygrometer; 3. Daniell's Hygrometer; 4. Chronometer; 5. Bucket of Water to keep Bulb wet; A. B

Pilot Neil Armstrong and X-15 #1, 1960. Creator: NASA
Pilot Neil Armstrong and X-15 #1, 1960. Dryden pilot Neil Armstrong is seen here next to the X-15 ship #1 (56-6670) after a research flight

SR-71 over snow-capped mountains, USA, 1995. Creator: NASA
SR-71 over snow-capped mountains, USA, 1995. Drydens SR-71B, NASA 831, slices across the snowy southern Sierra Nevada Mountains of California after being refueled by an Air Force Flight Test Center

Instrumentation in B-29, 1944. Creator: NASA
Instrumentation in B-29, 1944. Recording high altitude flight data in a flying laboratory at the Aircraft Engine Research Laboratory of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, Cleveland

Wright Apache and pilot, Virginia, USA, 1928. Creator: Unknown
Wright Apache and pilot, Virginia, USA, 1928. A Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory test pilot prepares to fly the Apache to high altitude

Basket and equipment used by Capt. H. C. Gray, USA, in a world altitude attempt in 1927
U.S. Army Air Corps balloonist Capt. Hawthorne Gray launched from Scott Field, Illinois, on November 4, 1927, on his third attempt to explore conditions

Altimeter, German. Creator: CP Goerz
105mm diameter, 55mm deep; red and black scales; chrome casing

Altimeter, Zeppelin, L-49. Creator: G Lufft
Aluminum case, black face, luminous markings, scale 0-8 km

The Manirung Pass, 1866. Creator: Samuel Bourne
The Manirung Pass, 1866

The Manirung Pass, 1860s. Creator: Samuel Bourne
The Manirung Pass, 1860s

Route between Karaman and Kiz Kale, c1915. Creator: Stanfords Geographical Establishment
Route between Karaman and Kiz Kale, c1915. (Note Boyalar is about 8 miles S. of Karaman). Map showing the journey of British writer

Route from Chatal Zeitun to Kavza and from Kavak to Tash Kupri, c1915. Creator: Unknown
Route from Chatal Zeitun to Kavza and from Kavak to Tash Kupri, c1915. Map showing the journeys of British writer, soldier and diplomatic advisor Mark Sykes in northern Turkey

Sketch between Balat and Adranos, c1915. Creator: Stanfords Geographical Establishment
Sketch between Balat and Adranos, c1915. Map showing the journey of British writer, soldier and diplomatic advisor Mark Sykes between Balat and Adranos in Turkey

Detail of Rocky Maze on Map of Route from Karaman to Kiz Kale, c1915. Map showing part of the journey of British writer, soldier and diplomatic advisor Mark Sykes between Karaman (in Central Anatolia)

Section of Route from Diarbekir to Sivas and Sivas to Sinope by Aneroid readings, c1915. Map showing the journeys, with altitude above sea level, of British writer

Portion of direct route between Brusa and Kutahya, c1915. (Note: from Brusa to Osauk Punar & from Devrant to Kutakia is accurately surveyed)

Route from Diarbekir to Zara, c1915. Creator: Unknown
Route from Diarbekir to Zara, c1915. Map showing the journey of British writer, soldier and diplomatic advisor Mark Sykes between Diyarbakir and Zara in Turkey

Tourists at Baumgartnerhaus Station on the Schneeberg Railway, Lower Austria, c1935. Steam locomotive on the slopes of the Schneeberg mountain in the Northern Limestone Alps

Hotel on the Schneeberg, Lower Austria, c1935. Creator: Unknown
Hotel on the Schneeberg, Lower Austria, c1935. View of a hotel on the summit of the Schneeberg mountain in the Northern Limestone Alps

The Schafberg and the Mondsee, Upper Austria, c1935. Creator: Unknown
The Schafberg and the Mondsee, Upper Austria, c1935. Hotel on the summit of the Schafberg in the Salzkammergut Mountains, with the Mondsee ( Moon Lake ) below

Obergurgl, Tyrol, Austria, c1935. Creator: Unknown
Obergurgl, Tyrol, Austria, c1935. The ski resort village of Obergurgl, at 1, 930 metres (6, 330 feet), is the highest parish in Austria

The Plauener Hütte and glacier, Zillergrund, Tyrol, Austria, c1935. Creator: Unknown
The Plauener Hutte and glacier, Zillergrund, Tyrol, Austria, c1935. The Plauener Hutte is a mountain cabin in the Zillergrund valley, 2, 362 metres above sea level

The heroic ascent of Professor Piccard, 1932. Creator: Unknown
The heroic ascent of Professor Piccard, 1932. L Heroique Ascension du Professeur Piccard. Swiss physicist Auguste Piccard (1884-1962) built a balloon with an airtight cabin

View from on board a plane, 1931. Creator: Unknown
View from on board a plane, 1931. Du Bord D Un Avion. Back cover of " Le Petit Journal Illustre". [France, 15 February 1931]

Hans Bartsch von Sigsfelds altitude research balloon, 1932. Creator: Unknown
Hans Bartsch von Sigsfelds altitude research balloon, 1932. From " Die Eroberung Der Luft", (The Conquest of the Air), cigarette card album produced by the Garba ty cigarette factory, 1932

Cabin of Piccards altitude research balloon, 1931, (1932). Creator: Unknown
Cabin of Piccards altitude research balloon, 1931, (1932). Swiss physicist Auguste Piccard (1884-1962) built a balloon with an airtight cabin, equipped with pressurized air

Ascent of Piccards altitude research balloon, 1931, (1932). Creator: Unknown
Ascent of Piccards altitude research balloon, 1931, (1932). On 27 May 1931, Swiss physicist, inventor and explorer Auguste Piccard (1884-1962)

First flight of the Junkers Ju 49 plane, 2 October 1931, (1932). Creator: Unknown
First flight of the Junkers Ju 49 plane, 2 October 1931, (1932). The German Ju 49 aircraft was designed to investigate high-altitude flight and the techniques of cabin pressurisation

Balloon altitude record, 1901, (1932). Creator: Unknown
Balloon altitude record, 1901, (1932). On 31 July 1901, German meteorologists Arthur Berson and Reinhard Sü ring reached a height of 10, 800 meters (6.7 miles) above sea level

Piccards altitude research balloon lands in the Alps, 1931, (1932). Creator: Unknown
Piccards altitude research balloon lands in the Alps, 1931, (1932). On 27 May 1931, Swiss physicist, inventor and explorer Auguste Piccard (1884-1962)

The Different Zones of Vegetation, 1935. From The Popular Science Educator, Volume 2, edited by Charles Ray. [The Amalgamated Press, Ltd. London]

Ready to test instruments for use in the attempt on the words height record in 1935 (c1937). American balloonists Orvil Arson Anderson (1895-1965) and Albert William Stevens (1886-1949)

Tocopilla, Chile, c1900s. Published by Carlos Brandt (Valparaiso)

Measuring the altitude of the Sun, 1539. From Cosmographia by Peter Apian. (Antwerp, 1539)

Surveying, from Levinus Hulsius Instrumentorum Mechanicorum, Frankfurt-am-Main, 1605. Artist: Levinus Hulsius
Surveying, from Levinus Hulsius Instrumentorum Mechanicorum, Frankfurt-am-Main, 1605. Top; measuring angles using a quadrant. Bottom; obtaining levels and altitudes using Hulsiuss planimeter

Johannes Hevelius, German astronomer, 1647. Known now by the latinized form of his name - Jan Hewel or Hewelcke - Hevelius (1611-1687)

Python engine installed in altitude wind tunnel, Cleveland, Ohio, USA, August 25, 1949. An engine mechanic checks instrumentation prior to an investigation of engine operating characteristics

Wright WF3W-1 Apache, USA, May 19, 1927. Creator: Unknown
Wright WF3W-1 Apache, USA, May 19, 1927. In its seaplane configuration, a National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics crew prepares the Wright XF3W-1 Apache for take off from the Little Back River

American Rocket Society ARS-4, 1934. Creator: NASA
American Rocket Society ARS-4, 1934. This motor was used in the flight of ARS #4 on Staten Island, New York City, USA, on September 9, 1934. It burned liquid oxygen and gasoline

Lunar landing training vehicle piloted by Neil Armstrong, Texas, USA, June 16, 1969. As preparation for the Apollo 11 moonshot

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