Experience aérostatique: balloon ascent at Lyon, 1784 – Vintage Print
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Experience aérostatique: balloon ascent at Lyon, 1784 comes to life in this historic image, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
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Experience aérostatique: balloon ascent at Lyon, 1784
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Lyon was among the French cities that quickly embraced the new craze, and this 1784 print, titled "Expérience aérostatique," shows a public balloon experiment staged there. The title reflects how these early flights were presented: as scientific demonstrations meant to test whether people could rise and travel through the air. Within a year of the Montgolfier brothers' first public hot-air flight in 1783, balloon ascents had spread across France and Europe, drawing crowds of townspeople, scholars and officials. Prints like this one carried the spectacle beyond the launch grounds to readers who would never see a flight in person.
| Original scan | 3,000 × 4,437 px · prints to 10 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | 02449uExperience aërostatique f |
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