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Type ART-Prints, Original Medium Print, Aquatint on Paper, Colored Physical Description Colored aquatint of five balloons in flight. Each balloon has its own date and caption describing the flight in French. 1. On September 15, 1804 Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac (1778-1850) claimed to have reached an altitude of 23,000 feet. 2. October 3, 1804: Count Francesco Zambecarri and the his named companions took off from the Count's native Bologna and suffered a series of misadventures, ranging from dipping into the Adriatic to climbing high into the cold air before descending back into the water from which they were finally rescued. 3. December 16, 1804: The balloon from Napoleon’s coronation ball. 4. April 7, 1806: M. Mosment's body was found between Charlesville and Charleroi. He had apparently fallen from his small basket while preparing to parachute an animal to earth. 5. 1809: Jacob Degen, a Swiss clock-maker developed his ornithropter in 1808 and tested it suspended beneath a balloon on a number of occasions, including the well-known trials on the Champ de Mars. October 5, 1812 disappointed spectators destroyed his balloon and flying machine. Print is accompanied by separate text in French titled, "Théorie de L'Aérostation." Dimensions Mat: 25.4 × 30.5cm (10 × 12 in.)
Print: 8.6 × 16.2cm (3 3/8 × 6 3/8 in.)
Separate Text: 3.7 × 15.4cm (1 7/16 × 6 1/16 in.)
 Alternate Name Théorie de L'Aérostation Inventory Number A20140392003 Credit Line Gift of the Norfolk Charitable Trust Data Source National Air and Space Museum Restrictions & Rights Usage conditions apply
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