Balloons
From the early designs of the 1780s to the scientific instruments of the 1950s

Airship design, 1885
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Balloon launch for cosmic ray research , 1952
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Balloon altitude detection equipment at Elmas aerodrome , 1952
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Balloon altitude detection equipment at Elmas aerodrome , 1952
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‘The Vauxhall balloon of Mr. Green’, 1873
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‘A view from the balloon’, 1786
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‘The balloon over Helsbye Hill in Cheshire’, 1786
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‘A balloon prospect from above the clouds’, 1786
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‘The explanatory print’ [to ‘A balloon prospect...’], 1786
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A balloon in flight, 1783
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Flight of a Montgolfier balloon, 1783
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Filling a balloon with hydrogen gas, 1783
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