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Rigid Or Non-Rigid?: The Great War-Ships Of The Air, 1909. Creator: UnknownRigid Or Non-Rigid?: The Great War-Ships Of The Air, 1909. Diagrams of German dirigibles. The Zeppelin, the Parseval, and the Gross II
Balloon at Wanamakers, 1911. Creator: Bain News ServiceBalloon at Wanamakers, 1911. Shows the hydrogen balloon, "Wanamaker no. 1, " lifting off from the roof of the John Wanamaker store at Broadway and Tenth Ave. New York City
Observation balloon, U.S.A. 9 Dec 1917. Creator: Bain News ServiceObservation balloon, U.S.A. 9 Dec 1917 (date created or published later). An observation balloon ready to be launched over German trenches in Europe in World War I
German observation balloon, between 1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News ServiceGerman observation balloon, between 1914 and c1915
Balloon leaving from Gare du Nord, Paris, Franco-Prussian War, 1870Balloon Ville d Orleans after leaving Gare du Nord at night 24 November 1870, during siege of Paris during Franco-Prussian War
The German airship Hindenburg blows up, Lakehurst, New Jersey, USA, 6 May 1937. The passenger airship Hindenburg was destroyed when it caught fire while mooring
Reception of the Robert Brothers by the Prince of Ghistelles in 1784, (1887). Artist: Gaston TissandierReception of the Robert Brothers by the Prince of Ghistelles in 1784, (1887). French balloonists Noel and Jean Robert, recieved by Philippe-Alexandre-Emmanuel-Francois-Joseph de Ghistelles at his
Antoine Lavoisiers apparatus for synthesizing water from hydrogen (left) and oxygen (right), 1881. The discoverer of oxygen
Jacques Alexandre Cesar Charles, French physicist, c1783. Artist: Simon Charles MigerJacques Alexandre Cesar Charles, French physicist, c1783. Print celebrating the first ascent in a hydrogen-balloon, made by Charles (1746-1823) from the Tuileries, Paris, on 1 December 1783
Chemical lecture, 1802. Artist: James GillrayChemical lecture; Scientific Researches! - New Discoveries in Pneumaticks! or - an Experimental Lecture on the Powers of Air!, 1802
Vincenzo Lunardi, c1770, was an Italian diplomat who, on 15 September 1784, made the first British ascent in a hydrogen balloon
Leon Gambetta, French politician about to escape besieged Paris, Franco-Prussian War, 1870Leon Gambetta (1838-82), French Republican politician (in hat, centre) about to escape besieged Paris for Tours by balloon, 7 October 1870. Dictator of France for 5 months. [Paris, 1890]
Balloon ascent at night from Gare du Nord, Paris, Franco-Prussian WarBalloon ascent from Gare du Nord, Paris, at night, to carry dispatches out of besieged city during Franco-Prussian War. In foreground men are picking up basket of homing pigeons which the baloon
Inflation of Charles and the Robert brothers hydrogen balloon, 1783 (c1807). Jean and Noel Robert helping Jacques Charles (1746-1823)
Inflating a hydrogen balloon, 1845. Hydrogen is produced by covering barrels of iron filings with sulphuric acid. The gas is then fed into the balloon
Crash of La Republique, 1909. The French military airship (dirigible) La Republique which made her maiden flight from Paris to Compiegne in 1908
La Republique on her maiden flight, 1908. The French military airship (dirigible) La Republique on her maiden flight from Paris to Compiegne. From Le Petit Journal. (Paris, 20 September 1908)
