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[4 men inflating hydrogen balloon] – Vintage Wall Art

[4 men inflating hydrogen balloon] — antique engraving
[4 men inflating hydrogen balloon]. Antique engraving from the Ballooning collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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This antique engraving of [4 men inflating hydrogen balloon] brings a moment of history to your wall. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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Few early balloon scenes show the labor behind a flight as plainly as this 1783 engraving of four men filling a hydrogen balloon. Hydrogen was a fresh choice that year, used by Jacques Charles and the Robert brothers for their Paris ascent in late August. The gas was made by pouring acid over iron and channeled into a rubber-coated silk envelope, a method that gave more lift per volume than the hot-air balloons of the Montgolfier brothers.

Medium1 print : engraving.
Notes1783
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,032 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-137720

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