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Image number: RS.10233
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Filling a balloon with hydrogen gas
Date
1783
Creator
Bertault (French) , Printmaker
Object type
Library reference
38890
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 199mm
width (print): 120mm
width (print): 120mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Scene showing the inflation of a balloon by hydrogen gas piped from a barrel. The gas was produced by the reaction of sulphuric acid and iron. A preliminary balloon of this type was flown at the Champ de Mars in Paris, France on the 27 August 1783 an event witnessed by Benjamin Franklin.
Plate 3 from the book Description des expériences de la machine aérostatiques de MM.de Montgolfier, by Faujas de Saint-Fond (Paris, 1783). Inscribed below : “Bertault sculp.“
This hydrogen balloon was designed by Jacques Alexandre César Charles (1746-1823) and the Robert Brothers, Anne-Jean Robert (1758–1820) and Nicolas-Louis Robert (1760–1820).
Plate 3 from the book Description des expériences de la machine aérostatiques de MM.de Montgolfier, by Faujas de Saint-Fond (Paris, 1783). Inscribed below : “Bertault sculp.“
This hydrogen balloon was designed by Jacques Alexandre César Charles (1746-1823) and the Robert Brothers, Anne-Jean Robert (1758–1820) and Nicolas-Louis Robert (1760–1820).
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