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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 Jardin d'Acclimatation Ascensions Gratuites Object Fete de l'Oeuvre des Loyers Object La Revanche Object Cirque d'Eté Object Rocket Practice in the Marshes Object Inflation of First Hydrogen Balloon, by J. A. C. Charles Object The New Dynamite Balloon Object The Departure of a Post Balloon from Paris Object La Quatorzieme Experience Aerostatique de M. Blanchard Object The First Carriage, The Aerial Object Ballon Gulliver Object Print, Engraving on Paper Object Petin's Air Propeller Object M. Santos-Dumont's Experiments in Aerial Navigation in Paris Object Globe Aërostatique Object Poisson Aerostatique Object The Descent of the Air Balloon Object Le Chateau Royal de Versailles du côté de la Grande Avenue de Paris Object Fiesta de Toros en el Aire Object Fête du Sacre et Couronnement de Leurs Majestes Imperiales Object Charles George Green Object Expérience fait à Versailles le 19 Sept 1783 Object Expérience de la Machine Aréostatique Object Le Retour du Globe Aerostatique Object