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La physique confond l'ignorance Dedié aux souscripteurs.

French cartoon shows a woman (Physics personified) whipping the bare bottom of one man (possibly Janinet) while another (possibly Abbé Miollan), walks away pulling up his trousers. In the background, men are in... More

Experience de la machine areostatique

Vue d'optique shows the Montgolfier brothers' balloon, "The Globe," ascending from Champ de Mars, Paris, France, August 27, 1783. Caption (French): Experience de la machine aréostatique de Mrs. de Montgolfier d... More

N.J. Conté. Obrist der Infanterie, Mitglied des Aegyptischen Instituts...

Head-and-shoulders portrait of Nicolas Conté, who experimented with the use of hydrogen for balloons. Tissandier collection.

Antoine de Parcieux, des Academies royales des sciences de France, de ...

Bust-length profile portrait of French mathematician Antoine de Parcieux. Tissandier collection.

[Proposed design for balloon utilizing sails for propulsion, Paris, 17...

Design drawing shows two men in basket steering balloon by manipulation of a sail. A ladder connects the balloon to a parachute-style apparatus intended for safe descent where a third man handles the connection... More

Experience du globe aerostatique du MM. Charles et Robert au Jardin de...

Print shows Jacques Alexandre César Charles and Marie-Noël Robert riding in the gondola of a balloon ascending from the Tuileries Garden, Paris, France, December 1, 1783 in the first hydrogen balloon flight. (... More

Exp[é]rience a[ë]rostatique faite Versailles le 19 sept. 1783

Vue d'optique shows the balloon launched by the Montgolfier brothers ascending from the Palace of Versailles, France, before the royal family, September 19, 1783. A sheep, a duck and a rooster were the only pa... More

Seconds voyageurs aëriens, ou expérience de MM. Charles et Robert fait...

Print shows the balloon of Jacques Alexandre César Charles and Marie-Noël Robert ascending from the Tuileries Garden, Paris, France, December 1, 1783 in the first hydrogen balloon flight; inset map shows locati... More

Seconds voyageurs aëriens, ou expérience de MM. Charles et Robert fait...

Ou présente à signer un procès verbal aux curés celui qui ligne a des ...

Drawing shows Professor J.A.C. Charles reascending in balloon from the Nesle plain, France, on December 1, 1783, where he had landed shortly before, accompanied by Marie Noel Robert in a two hour journey from P... More

Depart de MM. Charles & Robert, du Jardin des Tuilleries dans leur mac...

La plaisanterie confondüe ou les intrépides voyageurs

L'ignorance prouvée. Ou les evénements de la journée du 11 juillet 178...

French cartoon ridicules the attempt of Abbé Miollan and Janinet to ascend in a hot air balloon by showing the balloon on fire and billowing smoke while being inflated on July 11, 1784 at the Luxembourg gardens... More

Portrait d'après nature de quatre phisiciens celebres volants sans bal...

French cartoon shows Abbé Miollan as a cat and Janinet with bag of money(?) over his shoulder beating a hasty retreat after the failure of their balloon ascension attempt on July 11, 1784 enraged the crowd of s... More

Expérience du globe aërostatique du MM. les freres Robert au Jardin de...

Print shows Anne-Jean and Marie-Noël Robert riding in the gondola of a balloon ascending from the Tuileries Garden, Paris, France, September 19, 1784, accompanied by Colin Hulin. (Source: A.G. Renstrom, LC staf... More

[Marquis de Brantco (Vanclure), who was involved in a balloon ascensio...

"Son tableau est fidel et vrai comme lui" printed below portrait. Tissandier collection.

Louis Bernard Guyton-Morveau, né à Dijon le 4 janvier 1737 / Dess. et ...

Head-and-shoulders profile portrait of French scientist Louis Bernard Guyton-Morveau. Tissandier collection.

Baron du Pont Duchambon, elève du roi à l'École royale militaire de Pa...

Half-length portrait of Baron Du Pont Duchambon with balloon in background. Tissandier collection.

Antoine Laurent Lavoisier, fermier général. Né a Paris le 16 aout 1743...

Head-and-shoulders portrait of French chemist, Antoine Laurent Lavoisier. Vignette below portrait depicts his arrest and conviction in 1794 for being a member of the Farmer's General, a private company that col... More

Vorderseite des Marsfeldes, am 1 Vendemiaire des Jahres VII. Wettrenne...

German print shows an imaginary view of the festivities at the Champ de Mars in Paris, France, on September 22, 1798. Includes a chariot race, captive balloon, and burning wooden castle, with spectators watchi... More

Société d'expériences aérostatiques Direction 24 rue Maubeuge, Paris.

Advertisement showing a balloon with several persons standing in the basket, one climbing the ropes just above the basket. Tricolor banners hanging from the balloon announce the "Société d'expériences aerostati... More

Fr. Chaussier, professeur à la faculté de médecine de Paris, ... membr...

Head-and-shoulders portrait of Francois Chaussier, who conducted some of the first experiments to develop navigational systems for balloons. Tissandier collection.

Vue brillante de l'aniversaire du 14 juillet 1801

Print shows a crowd viewing fireworks at a Bastille Day celebration in Paris, France. A balloon appears in the upper right corner. "du 25 Messidor de l'Ang. Feu d'arlifice tiré á l'etoile des Champs Elyseés, ... More

Vue de la salle de Walse construite au carré de la laiterie (soixante ...

Print shows celebrations for the anniversary of the founding of the French Republic, July 14, 1801 in two images, including a tent for dancing and a balloon ascension from which André Jacques Garnerin descends ... More

3ème et dernière expérience de descente en parachute par Melle. Garner...

Broadside announcing the final parachute jump at Champ-de-Mars, Paris, April 21, by Elisa Garnerin, who made many parachute descents between 1815 and 1836. Includes two pictures of parachutes. Tissandier collection.

Tivoli. Le dimanche 22 aout, 1824, grand fete extraordinaire a l'occas...

Text-only broadside announcing a balloon ascension by Jean Margat, August 22, 1824, Tivoli, Paris, at a festival on the occasion of St. Louis Day. Text indicates Margat will stand on an oblong platform below a ... More

Jph. Lis. Gay-Lussac (physicien et chimiste), membre de l'Académie roy...

Head-and-shoulders oval portrait of French scientist and balloonist Gay-Lussac who tested several hypotheses on the earth's atmosphere. Tissandier collection.

L'intérieur et l'extérieur d'un bayair "Couronne de Charles X" / Pav B...

Design drawing proposed by Pav Braun shows interior and exterior views of the Bayair airship "Crown of Charles X," which was to be propelled by 20 balloons inside an enclosure and carry 15 passengers. (Source: ... More

Seconde et dernière ascension du ballon Monstre, construit et dirigé p...

Text-only broadside announcing a balloon ascension by Charles Green, in his balloon "Monstre," January 9th, 1837, at the Caserne, rue du Faubourg-Poissonnière, Paris. Tissandier collection.

Fête de la Concorde, arrivée des corporations au Champ-de-Mars / dessi...

Print shows a distant balloon ascending above the Champ de Mars in Paris, France, on May 21, 1848, in a ceremony commemorating the French Republic. A large crowd is assembled in the foreground; monuments, banne... More

Éxperience du globe ae̋rostatique du MM. Charles et Robert, au Jardin ...

Le diamant de bluze est une nouvelle découverte qui vient de jeter une...

Advertisement for a Paris jewelry store depicting a man sitting in a ring tied to a balloon labeled "Palais des diamants." Tissandier collection.

Kermesse au jardin des plantes (8 septembre) / A. J. Lallemand, sculpt...

Print shows a woman in the basket of an inflated balloon on the ground at right ready for ascent and a crowd in the foreground gathered to celebrate a September fair in the Royal Gardens, Paris, France. Tissan... More

Ballon de cuivre. Ateliers de construction, impasse du Maine, no. 10, ...

Admission ticket to an exhibition of a copper balloon in Paris in the late 1850s. Text continues: "Cette machine aérostatique, de forme sphérique, de 10 mètres de diamètre, complètement en cuivre, offre l'impo... More

Navire aérien, le poisson volant, inventé et exécuté par M. Camille Ve...

Broadside announcing the exhibit at the Palais de l'industrie, séances expérimentales in Paris of a fish-shaped, steam-powered airship designed by Camille Vert. Features design drawing of the airship, equipped ... More

Madame Blanchard (Madeleine Sophie Armand) aéronaute née vers 1778 [de...

Half-length portrait of French balloonist, Marie-Madeleine-Sophie Armand Blanchard. Tissandier collection. Reference copy in LOT 3844.

Aviation, études, essais et inventions qui, sans résourdre le problème...

Design drawings for a man-powered flying machine with manually controlled wings entitled, "Vélocipède aérien," proposed by Jean Jacques Bourcart, Paris, August, 1866. (Source: A.G. Renstrom, LC staff, 1981-82.)... More

L'Aérienne, nouveau systême de ballon dirigeable par Camille Dupuy

Broadside announcing the exhibition of a navigable balloon designed by Camille Dupuy at the "boulevart Magenta, 37" and the "rue des Marais, St. Martin" in Paris beginning December 18, 1866. Tissandier collection.

[View of the Paris Exposition of 1867 showing waterfront, main exhibit...

Tissandier collection. Public domain image of a balloon aerostat, early aeronautics, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Moteur hydrostatique & a base de tous liquides à mouvement perpetuel r...

Design drawings for a hydrostatic motor capable of up to 100,000 horse power, for use in air, sea and land transportation, invented by J.B. Metivier in 1867. (Source: A.G. Renstrom, LC staff, 1981-82). Tissand... More

Ascension captive. 42, avenue de Suffren tous les jours de 1 à 5 h. Ex...

Broadside announcing a captive balloon ascension during the Paris Exposition of 1867. Includes pictures of the balloon being inflated ("Le Gonflement") and spectators watching the captive balloon ascend in the ... More

[Scaled design drawing for the valve assembly of a balloon, including ...

Tissandier collection. Public domain scan of decorative drawing, decor elements, art design, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Details dʹune soupape pour un ballon de 5 a 8,000 m. cubes / Charles C...

Scaled design drawing of balloon valve shows 9 captioned views of components and complete assembly. Includes identification key. Tissandier collection.

Projet dʹenceinte pour gonflement dʹaerostat / J. Chavoutier, architec...

Design drawing of a circular enclosed area for inflating balloons featuring underground pipe lines. Includes site plan and section, with balloon tethered in position Tissandier collection.

Projet dʹenceinte pour gonflement dʹaerostat / J. Chavoutier, architec...

Design drawing of a circular enclosed area for inflating balloons featuring underground pipe lines. Includes site plan and section. Tissandier collection.

Champ-de-Mars. Première ascension aérostatique du ballon le Pole Nord ...

Broadside announcing an ascension of the giant balloon "Le Pole Nord" from the Champ-de-Mars, Paris, June 27, 1869. Proceeds from the event, organized by balloonists Wilfrid de Fonvielle and Gaston Tissandier,... More

Champ de Mars, dimanche 17 juin, a 5 heures préciss. Ascension aérosta...

Emblêmes patriotiques / J. Bocquin, lith.

Print intended to arouse citizen resistance during the Siege of Paris, 1870-1871. Shows a female figure (Liberty?) carrying a sword standing between two shields. One shield has the motto "Nʹoublie pas 1870, tra... More

Les gardes nationaux d'Heurteauville gardant le "Jean Bart" au clair d...

Drawing shows the tethered balloon "Jean Bart" being guarded at night under moonlight by five Heurteauville military guards during the Siege of Paris, November 8, 1870. (Source: A.G. Renstrom, LC staff, 1981-82... More

Salle de concert du cercie artistique ... Exposition du gigantesque ba...

Broadside announcing a balloon exhibition and ascension by Eugène Godard in his balloon "Cita di Firenze" from the Place St. Michel, Paris. Includes picture of a mirage observed by Godard and Camille Flammarion... More

Voyages aèriens de M.M. Albert et Gaston Tissandier. Tentative de reto...

Drawing shows the balloon "Jean Bart," flown by Albert and Gaston Tissandier descending over the Seine with tow ropes hanging into the river where landing was attempted during the Siege of Paris. "D'après natur... More

Siège de Paris. Au Bastion / Draner, del. et lith.

Print shows military life at French fort, "Bastion" no. 95," during the Siege of Paris, 1870. A balloon flies over the fort in the distance. Tissandier collection.

Le Neptune. J. Duruof / Lith. Riboulet.

Print shows the balloon "Le Neptune, J. Duruof" flying with passengers, in reference to Jules Duruof's ascent over Prussian enemy lines on September 23, 1870 during the Siege of Paris. Tissandier collection.

Le blocus de Paris complainte nationale et patriotique.

Broadside shows a manned balloon labelled "Au Governement de la defense nationale, projet en l'air infaillible pour bloquement de Paris" with a magnet near the enemy's cannon. The illustrator humorously predict... More

[The balloon Zénith at sunrise or sunset, with five passengers during ...

Possibly drawn by Albert Tissandier. Title and date devised by Library staff, based on illustrations in Histoire de mes ascensions ... / par Gaston Tissandier. Paris : M. Dreyfous, 1878. Tissandier collection.

A lʹhippodrome - l'equilibre dans l'air / Lefman, sc.

French caricature shows the balloonist Camille Dartois in a balloon labeled "Hippodrome" and Bradbury, a circus performer, standing while riding a horse at the Hippodrome, Paris. Illus. from: La grenouille, pr... More

[Captive balloon of Henri Giffard over Paris, 1878; high above rooftop...

This record contains unverified data from old caption card, with subsequent revisions. Tissandier Collection. Caption card tracings: France Paris Misc. 1878; Balloons 1878; BI; Geogr.; Shelf. Giffard, Henri, 18... More

[Henry Gifford's huge captive balloon being prepared for ascent from T...

This record contains unverified data from old caption card. Tissandier Collection. Sepia photoprint by Dagron Caption card tracings: Balloons; Geogr.; B.I.

Notre drapeau / Alfred Le Petit.

French caricature of Léon Gambetta, French republican statesman, holding the French flag and a telescope, seated atop a captive balloon, possibly at the Exposition universelle de 1878 in Paris. Caption below i... More

[Henry Gifford's balloon before ascension. Tuilleries, Paris]

This record contains unverified data from old caption card. Tissandier Collection. Photo by Dagran.

Le ballon captif de la cour des Tuileries, construit par M. Giffard, i...

Broadside announcing one of Henri Giffard's balloon ascensions in 1878 and 1879 from the courtyard of the Tuileries, Paris. Includes picture of the captive balloon floating over the courtyard. Tissandier collection.

Grand ballon captif a vapeur de la cour des Tuileries / Yves & Barret,...

Broadside announcing the ascension of Henri Giffard's giant captive balloon from the courtyard of the Tuileries, Paris, probably during the Paris Exposition of 1878. Includes picture of the giant balloon statio... More

Grand Balloon... de Mr. Henry Giffard, 1878 - Crowd at outdoor cafe "B...

This record contains unverified data from old caption card. Tissandier Collection. Sepia photoprint by Dagron.

Blanchard-Deguitard, caoutchouc dilaté, spécialité de plumets ... spéc...

Advertisement for Blanchard-Deguitard, a French merchant of balloons and other products. Includes a picture Maison Blanchard, with office, store, and a shed where women lay out cloth on long tables. "Spécialit... More

[Grand Balloon... de Mr. Henry Gifford, 1878 - Low aerial view of Sein...

This record contains unverified data from old caption card. Tissandier Collection. "Part 2." Sepia photoprint by Dagron.

Le grand ballon captif des Tuileries / Yves & Barret, sc.

Broadside announcing Henri Giffard's captive balloon ascension in the courtyard of the Tuileries, Paris. Includes picture of passengers in the basket of the giant balloon. Tissandier collection.

[Captive balloon of Henri Giffard over Paris, 1878; low above Saint Ro...

This record contains unverified data from old caption card, with subsequent revisions. Tissandier Collection. Caption card tracings: Churches France Paris 1878; France Paris Misc. 1878; Balloons 1878; BI; Geogr... More

Une alerte, place du Carrousel / Lefman, sc. ; PS.

French cartoon shows Prince Don Carlos in a heavily armed balloon that has blown off course appears about to crash into a captive balloon (possibly Henri Giffard's) at the Tuileries Gardens, Paris, France. Ill... More

[Grand Balloon... de Mr. Henry Giffard, 1878 - Birds-eye view of Ball...

This record contains unverified data from old caption card. Tissandier Collection. Sepia photoprint by Dagron.

Grand ballon captif a vapeur, de M. Henry Giffard [text].

Blank form for passengers to record "observations" (data) during ascents in Giffard's giant captive balloon from the Tuileries courtyard in the Paris Exposition of 1878. Tissandier collection.

Grand ballon captif à vapeur de Mr. Henry Giffard, 1878

Machinery for hauling the balloon in. This record contains unverified data from old caption card. Tissandier Collection.

Le captif, grand ballon à vapeur, de la Place du Carrousel

Advertisement announcing Henri Giffard's captive balloon ascension at the Place du Carrousel, Paris. Describes Giffard's previous ascension at the Tuileries in 1878 and includes a picture of a captive balloon. ... More

Grand ballon captif a vapeur de Mr. Henry Giffard, Cour des Tuileries ...

Admission ticket to the ascent of Henri Giffard's captive balloon from the courtyard of the Tuileries, Paris in 1879. Includes picture of a balloon within a bird's-eye view of Paris. Tissandier collection.

[Commemorative portrait of balloonists Charles Renard, Dupuy de Lôme, ...

Tissandier collection. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Vient de paraitre, les grandes ascensions maritimes par Wilfrid de Fon...

Advertisement for a book on balloon ascensions written by Wilfrid de Fonvielle and published in 1882 by Auguste Ghio, Paris. Includes picture of a man pulling on a rope attached to a balloon with a passenger in... More

Le ballon rédaction et bureaux A. Brissonnet ... Paris.

Clipping from an unknown book or magazine advertises the French aeronautical journal "Le ballon" and illustrates various means of flight including an ornithopter, early balloons and an airship. Text on verso a... More

Eden-concert, enl'vez l'ballon revue de m.m. Hermil & Numès, 17 boulev...

French circus poster shows two performers in the basket of an airship navigated by a rudder and a propeller. The basket bears the date 1884. Tissandier collection.

Itinéraire - de l'ascension de nuit du 7 août 1884, de la Villette à P...

Hand-drawn map shows the route, time, and altitude of a night balloon journey in France from La Villette (Paris) southwest to Poisly, August 7, 1884. "Relevé sur les cartes d'etat major au 1/320.000." "Distance... More

Arènes du sport aéronautique sous la direction de Eugène Godard, aîné,...

Broadside announcing an aeronautics exhibition organized under the direction of balloonist Eugene Godard and held in Paris in 1885. Includes picture of the balloon "L'Avenir" equipped with two separate passenge... More

[Interior of Paris Exposition building showing two balloons]

This record contains unverified data from old caption card. Tissandier Collection.

[G. Eiffel and four other people at the summit of the Eiffel Tower]

People standing near staircase on the top of the Eiffel Tower, during Paris Exposition. This record contains unverified data from old caption card, with subsequent revisions. Tissandier Collection. Caption card... More

Eiffel Tower, Tissandier Collection, France, Paris Exposition, 1889

Photograph shows lower section of Eiffel Tower and unconstructed plaza beneath. This record contains unverified data from old caption card. Tissandier Collection. Caption card tracings: Exposition universelle d... More

[M. Eiffel, our artist's latest tour de force, June 29, 1889] / Linley...

Caricature of Gustav Eiffel in the form of the Eiffel Tower, which he built for the Exposition universelle in Paris in 1889. A balloon is in the background. (Source: A.G. Renstrom, LC staff, 1981-82). Illus. fo... More

[Aerial view of Paris, France, from balloon, showing the Arc de Triomp...

Tissandier Collection. Public domain photograph of French city, cityscape, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Railroad train at the Paris Exposition, 1889]

Albert Tissandier Collection. Public domain photograph of Paris Exposition Universelle, 1889, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Architectural drawing showing elevation, cross section, and plan for ...

Includes descriptive text. Scale: Echelle de 0m.02 p.m. Tissandier collection.

[First floor promenade, Eiffel Tower, Paris Exposition, 1889]

Men and women promenading on the 1st stage of the Eiffel Tower. This record contains unverified data from old caption card. Tissandier Collection. Caption card tracings: Expostition universelle de 1889 (Paris, ... More

Paris Exposition; steps to the first stage of the Eiffel Tower, Paris ...

This record contains unverified data from old caption card. Tissandier Collection. Caption card tracings: Exposition universelle de 1889 (Paris, France); Exhibitions France Paris 1880-1890; Tour Eiffel (Paris, ... More

[Aerial view of Paris, France, from balloon, showing the Eiffel Tower ...

Tissandier Collection. Public domain photograph - historic landmark, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Eiffel tower, Tissandier Collection, France, Paris Exposition, 1889

Paris Exposition; view of Paris from arched balcony of Eiffel Tower, P...

[Aerial view of Paris, France, from a balloon, showing the Seine River...

Forms part of: Tissandier collection. Public domain photograph of Paris Exposition Universelle, 1889, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Ascension de "l'Amiral Courbet" par M.H. Lachambre diagramme de l'asce...

Diagram shows the altitude maintained at various geographical points by the balloon "L'Amiral Courbet," which ascended from Paris, August 4, 1890 and descended at Montignac, near d'Angoulême, August 5. The ball... More

[Tomb of French balloonist Jacques Alexandre Charles in Père la Chaise...

"Tombeau de Charles au Père la Chaise - Mai 1899 - Albert Tissandier" inscribed on accompanying note. Accompanied by two handwritten notes, possibly a transcription of text on the gravestone. Tissandier collection.

Le comble de la direction du ballon / dessin par Hervè Lomm.

Caricature of Brazilian scientist, Alberto Santos-Dumont (at right), discussing the control and direction of his latest airship with an unidentified Parisian gentleman at left. Santos-Dumont's dirigible no. 6 c... More

Brevet de pilote aéronaute, décerné par l'Aéro-Club de France à Mr. Ti...

Aviation certificate awarded to Paul Tissandier by the Aero Club of France in 1904. Includes illustrations of balloons in flight. Artist's surname is illegible. Tissandier collection.

Liste de ballons sortis de Paris pendant le siège 1870-1871

Broadside shows balloon events during the Siege of Paris, 1870-71. Includes a list of balloons that left Paris with categories for balloon name, size, owner, balloonist, and number of pasengers and pigeons on b... More

Liste de ballons sortis de Paris pendant le siège 1870-1871

[Departure of Jacques Charles and Marie-Noel Robert's 'aerostatic glob...

Drawing shows Jacques Charles and Nicolas Marie-Noel Robert standing in their hydrogen-filled balloon waving flags, beginning their ascent from the Tuileries Gardens, Paris, with the Versailles Palace in the ba... More

[Departure of Jacques Charles and Marie-Noel Robert's 'aerostatic glob...

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