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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 Print, Lithograph on Paper Object Elisa Garnerin Object Luigi Piana Object Francesco Orlandi Object M. Garnerin Object Giovanni Luder Fioro Object Edward Spencer Object Charles Green Object Pilatre de Rozier Object Portrait of Francesco Zambeccari Object A Consultation previous to an Aerial Voyage from London to Weilburg in Nassau on the 7th day of November 1836 Object Leonardo da Vinci Object An Air Balloon Object Du Globe Aerostatique Object Aerostat Enleve au Luxembourg Object Primus In Italia Paulus Object Globo Aerostatico Object Aerostation Object Macchinamento per viaggiare nell' aria cavato da un elemplare recentemente venuto di Parigi Object Macchina Aerostatica Object Bettini Object Ballon Aerostatique Voyageant Object Nuova Macchina, che unita ad un Globo aerobatico equilibrato, serve a produrne ascesa o discesa: Inventata da Gaetano Manfredi. Object Aërostat de 120 pieds de long compris la queue Object