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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 Experience de la Machine Aero Statique Object Globe Aérostatique Object Globe Aërostatique, Dédié à Monsieur Charles Object Le Retour du Globe a Paris Object Vue de la Prairie de Billancourt Object Print, Engraving on Paper, Letter Object La quatorzieme experience aerostatique de M. Blanchard Object Luftreise des Herrn Blanchards zu Nürnberg Anno 1787 Object Francesco Orlandi Ascent Object Francesco Orlandi Ascent Object Francesco Orlandi Object Oltre le Nubi vinto ozni impaccto Soffrira intrepido l'ira del Ghiaccio Object Francesco Orlandi Object Les Deux Midas Object Embrasement Deplorable de la Machine Aerostatique des Srs. Miolan et Janinet le dimanche 11 Juillet 1784 Object One of Blanchard's Experimental Balloons Object Aeronautics. Mr Sadler's Car Object Ascension Object Besondere Bilder Beilage zur Theaterzeitung Object New Hungerford Market, London Object Poisson Aerostatique Object Gli Aeronauti Francesco Zambeccari... Object Ascension d'Eugene Robertson Object Vue Perspective de L'aerostat le Suffren Object