FIRST SCIENTIFIC FLIGHT
FIRST MANNED HYDROGEN
BALLOON FLIGHT
1783 - ILLUSTRATED BROADSIDE [Aeronautics
and Aviation]
[1783]
Charles,
(Jacques Alexandre Cesar) and Robert,
(Nicolas).
Representation Du GLOBE AEROSTATIQUE, Qui S'Est
Eleve De Dessus L'Un Des Bassins Du Jardin Royal Des Tuilleries Le
1er Decembre 1783 A 1. Heure 40. Min, Tel Qu'll A Ete Vu Du Pont
Royal.
[Representation
of the globe Airships, who rose from over one of the pools in the
garden of the Tuilleries The first Royal in December 1783 A 1.
Time
40. Min, Tel Qu'll Was seen Du Pont Royal.]
25-1/4 x 18 cm. (9-3/4 x 7-1/8 inches).
Illustrated broadside.
Two - 2 x 3/8 inches remnants of mounting tape on reverse. Very
good.
Extrait de Journal de Paris, des 2. & 3. Decembre 1783. - - -
“On
December 1, Charles accompanied by Nicolas Robert made a much more
spectacular flight than De Rozier and the Marquis d'Arlandes. More
scientifically conceived by Charles than the Montgolfiere flight
(even to the degree of carrying a thermometer and barometer as well
as sandbags), the first man-carrying hydrogen balloon remained aloft
for two hours and covered a distance of nearly twenty-five miles” -
Jablonski.
The top 80 percent is given to text describing the historic event,
the text drawn from the Journal
de Paris
for December
2-3.
Edward Jablonski's
“Man With Wings,” pp. 14-15.
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