Framed Print: Aerostat Dirigeable Systeme Vaussin Chardanne, Brevet Nouveaux
Framed Print: Aerostat Dirigeable Systeme Vaussin Chardanne, Brevet Nouveaux
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Framed Print: Aerostat Dirigeable Systeme Vaussin Chardanne, Brevet Nouveaux

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  • Title: Aerostat Dirigeable Systeme Vaussin Chardanne, Brevet Nouveaux Procedes De Direction Aerienne Presente A L?institut De France, 1852
  • Description: Scaled design drawings for patent issued to Vaussin Chardanne in 1853 for an airship operated by means of six propellers and having accommodations for passengers on two levels. Airship proposal presented to the Institut de France in 1852. (Source: Arthur G. Renstrom, LC staff, 1981-82).
  • Creator: Vaussin-Chardanne, designer
  • Subjects: Airships--French--1850-1860
  • 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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