Print: Proposed Design For Balloon Utilizing Sails For Propulsion, Paris
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  • Title: Proposed Design For Balloon Utilizing Sails For Propulsion, Paris, 1783
  • Description: 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 between the balloon and parachute. (Source: A.G. Renstrom, LC staff, 1981-82.)
  • Subjects: Balloons (Aircraft)--1780-1790
  • 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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