Early balloon designs. Artwork showing several early balloon designs. The earliest design (top left) is by Francesco Lana de Terzi (1631-1687). It was a 'flying ship' held aloft by four very thin copper spheres measuring 7.5 metres in diameter each. It was never built. At top centre is the Montgolfier balloon,which undertook the first manned ascent in a hot air balloon in November 1783. At centre right and left are the ascending and descending forms of Andre Garnerin's (1769-1823) parachute,which was attached to a balloon. At centre Jacques Charles (1746-1823) and Nicolas Robert (1758-1820) are inflating their hydrogen balloon before making the first untethered ascent with a gas hydrogen balloon in December 1783. At bottom are wings that were attached to the baskets of balloons flown by Vincenzo Lunardi (1759-1806) and Jean-Pierre Blanchard (1753-1809). Drawings by Joseph Clement published in 1818 | |
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