• Print, on Paper, INFLATION OF FIRST HYDROGEN BALLOON, BY J. A. C. CHARLES
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    Print depicting the Inflation of First Hydrogen Balloon, by J. A. C. Charles, August 26-27, 1783. Print shows four men inflating the first hydrogen balloon (created by Jacques Charles) on August 26-27, 1783. In the background on the left hand side are a table, ladder and a basket. The balloon is centered in the picture and is held in place by the wooden barrel in which hydrogen is being generated.

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Digitized by Benjamin G. Sullivan

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01/25/2021

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Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum

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Art; Aviation

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