The Birth of the Balloon

Enormous crowds gathered in Paris to watch one balloon after another rise above the city rooftops, carrying the first human beings into the air in the closing months of 1783. Collection celebrating the invention and early history of the balloon.

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The Ariel Object Photo-zincograph of Balloon in Flight, 1864. Object John Jeffries, MD Object New Hungerford Market, London Object The Montgolfier Object Aerial Voyages Over London Object Mr. Green and Capt. Curry ascended in the albion balloon, Weymouth, Dorset Object New London Bridge Object A View of the Balloon of Mr. Sadler's Ascending Object The Chinese Pagoda and Bridge Object The Descent of Mr. Livingston Object To the Worshipful, the Mayor & Corporation of the City of Bristol Object A Scene in the Farce of "Lofty Projects" Object March of Intellect and Invention Object Print, Etching on Paper Object Descent of the Great Balloon Object The Deutsch Prize Object King George III and Queen Charlotte Viewing a Baloon Let Off In the Garden of Winsor Castle Object The March of Intellect Object Prime Bang Up at the Hackney or a peep at the Balloon Object Different Systems of Sailing in the Air Object The First Channel Crossing by Air Object Print, on Paper, Colored Object Rescue of the Aeronauts in the North Sea Object
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