Seconds voyageurs aériens: balloon ascent from the Tuileries, 1783 – Historic Print
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Seconds voyageurs aériens: balloon ascent from the Tuileries, 1783 comes to life in this historic image, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.
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Seconds voyageurs aériens: balloon ascent from the Tuileries, 1783
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The title's "Seconds voyageurs aériens" refers to the second crewed balloon flight, not the first. Jacques Charles and Nicolas-Louis Robert rose from the Tuileries gardens on 1 December 1783, a few weeks after Pilâtre de Rozier and the Marquis d'Arlandes made the first free ascent from the Château de la Muette. Charles's balloon was filled with hydrogen rather than heated air, a newer method that let it climb higher and stay aloft longer. Large crowds gathered in the gardens to watch, and the flight, which ended in the countryside northwest of Paris after about two hours, helped turn ballooning into a public spectacle and a subject of scientific interest.
| Original scan | 5,000 × 4,081 px · prints to 17 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | 02437uSeconds voyageurs aëriens, |
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