Details d'une soupape pour un ballon de 5 a 8,000 m. cubes / Charles Chavoutier, aèronaute, Paris, le 24 octobre 1868. – Historic Reproduction
![Details d'une soupape pour un ballon de 5 a 8,000 m. cubes / Charles Chavoutier, aèronaute, Paris, le 24 octobre 1868., [1868] — historic drawing](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/6e/6e72520d15e0-L.webp)
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Details d'une soupape pour un ballon de 5 a 8,000 m. cubes / Charles Chavoutier, aèronaute, Paris, le 24 octobre 1868. comes to life in this historic drawing, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Details d'une soupape pour un ballon de 5 a 8,000 m. cubes / Charles Chavoutier, aèronaute, Paris, le 24 octobre 1868.
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Chavoutier's drawing details a valve for a balloon of 5,000 to 8,000 cubic meters, a size far larger than most hot-air or hydrogen craft of the period. Dated October 24, 1868, in Paris, the sheet is an engineering study, and it shows how crucial the valve was: pulling it released gas so the aeronaut could control descent and landing. The drawing is part of the Tissandier collection, assembled by Gaston Tissandier, a French aeronaut and writer who documented ballooning in the 1860s and 1870s.
| Created / published | [1868] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 drawing on brown paper : ink, watercolor and graphite. |
| Genre | Design drawings 1860-1870.Ink drawings Color 1860-1870. |
| Notes | Tissandier collection. Title from item. |
| Subjects | Balloons (Aircraft)--French--1860-1870. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,720 × 3,777 px · prints to 16 × 13 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-223720 |
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