Print: Concours Sur Le Meilleur Moyen D'elever Un Ballon Sans Perte De Gaz
Print: Concours Sur Le Meilleur Moyen D'elever Un Ballon Sans Perte De Gaz
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  • Title: Concours Sur Le Meilleur Moyen D'elever Un Ballon Sans Perte De Gaz De Lest, circa 1830
  • Description: Design drawing shows proposal by Louis Panafieu in which the operator in an open car attached to the balloon achieves lift without loss of gas in ballast by manipulating cords on underside of the balloon. Includes horizontal, front, elevated and descending views. (Source: A.G. Renstrom, LC staff, 1981-82.)
  • Creator: Panafieu, Louis, designer
  • Subjects: Balloons (Aircraft)--French--1830-1860
  • Collection: Tissandier Collection. The collection contains items documenting the early history of aeronautics with an emphasis on balloon flight in France and other European countries. Subjects include general and technical images of balloons, airships, and flying machines; portraits of famous balloonists; views of numerous ascensions, accidents, and world’s fairs; cartoons featuring balloon themes; pictorial and textual broadsides; and colorful ephemera and poster advertisements. There are also several hundred illustrations clipped from books and newspapers. The pictures, created by many different artists, span the years 1773 to 1910, with the bulk dating 1780-1890.
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