Воздушное путешествие на старинных летательных аппаратах из коллекции Tissandier brothers.
Chateau aérien
[View of journalist Joseph Crocé-Spinelli, naval officer
Cures d'air dans la montagne]
Atelier de Mr. Lachambre fabricant de ballons de baudruche.
[Proposed design for balloon utilizing sails for propulsion
Defilé de la Cm. d'aerostiers 187[...] / C. Morel.
[Airship powered by an electric motor developed by Albert and Gaston Tissandier departing from Auteuil, Paris, France, October 8, 1883]
Exp[é]rience a[ë]rostatique faite Versailles le 19 sept. 1783
[Balloon with open frame wood or metal basket and attached prop.
Projet d'une traversée du pole Nord en ballon
Parachute renversè de Henin
[Henry Gifford's balloon before ascension. Tuilleries, Paris
[Grand Balloon... de Mr. Henry Giffard, 1878
Maison tournante aérienne]
[Departure of Jacques Charles and Marie-Noel Robert's 'aerostat
Flugmaschine [detail]
The Tissandier brothers, Gaston and Albert, assembled a collection of more than 900 items relating to the early history of aeronautics from various sources. Gaston Tissandier (1843-1899) was a balloonist and science writer. Albert (1839-1906) was a balloonist and illustrator.