LEON GAMBETTA (1838-1882).
Sophie Blanchard's fatal ballooning accident.
The ballooning accident of General John Money.
Vincenzo Lunardi making his first attempt at a balloon ascent.
MONTGOLFIER BALLOON, 1783.
FRENCH BALLOON, 1872.
LOUIS PAULHAN (1883-1963).
GREEN'S BALLOON, 1857.
MONTGOLFIER BALLOON.
The accidental crashing of Mrs Graham's balloon near Piccadilly.
A balloonist leaping to his death in order to save his love.
A balloon house in Amsterdam.
Aviation and ballooning during the 19th Century.
Two types of hot-air balloons.
Design for a German Air-Balloon.
Henry Badgley's air-ship.
MONTGOLFIER BALLOON, 1864.
BERLIN: BALLOON RACE, 1908.
Light mirage, 19th Century illustration
BALLOONING, 1884.
COXWELL'S BALLOON, 1864.
Diagram depicting a bird-shaped flying machine.
Francois Laurent d'Arlandes' balloon crossing Paris.
Aviation and ballooning during the 20th Century.
Jean-Francois Pilatre de Rozier.
The 'Comte d'Artois'.
HOT AIR BALLOON PILOT.
BALLOON INFLATION, 1858.
BALLOON ASCENT, 1850.
FRANCE: BALLOONING, 1848.
'ERIN-GO-BRAGH' BALLOON.
BALLOON COMPETITION.
Adventures de Baolet.
Le Flesselle Balloon
HYDROGEN BALLOON, 1783.
U.S. ARMY BALLOON, 1907.
Joseph-Michel Montgolfier.
BALLOON FLIGHT, 1783.
BALLOON ASCENT, 1887.
ELECTRIC FLYING MACHINE.
ZENITH ACCIDENT, 1875.
JAMES GLAISHER (1809-1903).
ITALIAN AIRSHIP.
GERMAN AIRSHIP, 1884.
BALLOON FESTIVAL, 1884.
HOT AIR BALLOON.
Joseph Eustace Croce-Spinelli.
Gaston Tissandier taking photographs from his hot-air balloon.
The ascent of Eugene Godard's balloon 'Eagle'.
A balloon ascending from Barbizon.
James Glaisher's balloon over Westminster.
The filling of a balloon.
Henry Tracey Coxwell's design for balloons to be used for Artic exploration.
Tissandier landing his balloon.
Tissandier landing his balloon 'Neptune'.
Lennox's balloon 'Aigle'.
Ernest Petin's flying machine.
Scott's balloon.
Laurent de Guzman's balloon.
Emile Gire's balloon.
The inflating of the balloon 'Hirondelle'.
The Smither's navigable balloon.
Nadar's balloon 'Le Geant'.
Bagnolet's balloon.
Guilaume's navigable balloon.
The balloon 'Geant' among the clouds.
The balloon 'Geant' landing and overturning.
A French air-ship.
NORTH POLE EXPEDITION.
BALLOON TRAVELS, 1855.
HOT AIR BALLOON: ZENITH.
OSCAR ERBSLOH (1879-1910).
MONTGOLFIER BALOON, 1783.
Uhlans tracking the course of a balloon during the Franco-Prussian War.
熱気球
熱気球の影
気球の離陸
SPAIN: BALLOON, 1792.
LOWE'S BALLOON, 1859.
The 'Nassau' balloon being used to hold up Westminster Bridge.
The Montgolfier brothers making a hot-air balloon ascent.
HIGHWAY OF THE FUTURE.
HAENLEIN'S AIRSHIP.
LA FRANCE AIRSHIP, 1884.
DUPUY DE LME AIRSHIP.
BALLOON ASCENT.
AEROSTATIC LOCOMOTIVE 1850.
AEROSTATIC LOCOMOTIVE, 1850.
GIFFARD AIRSHIP, 1852.
OBSERVATION GONDOLA.
FLYING MACHINE.
Eugene Godard, French aeronaut
Andre-Jaques Garnerin, French aeronaut
DOUGHTY & MOORE, 1886.
PARIS: POST-BALLOON, 1870.
PARIS: BALLOON, 1870.
Terzuolo's navigable balloon.
The Montgolfier brothers
Vincenzo Lunardi, George Biggin, and Mrs Sage in a balloon.
Vincenzo making his first balloon ascent in England.
Locals helping Tissandier to shake snow off his balloon.
The Montgolfier balloon making its ascent at the Chateau de la Muette.
Montgolfier 'Le Flesselles' balloon, 1784
NEW YORK: FRAUNCES TAVERN.
SIEGE OF PARIS, 1870.
Louis-Bernard Guyton de Morveau's ascent from Dijon.
AERIAL VOYAGE, 1870.
Aerial view of hot air balloons
Hot Air Balloon
Hot air balloon completing inflation
HOT AIR BALLOON, 1783.
Balloonists cartoon, 1785
WISE'S 'ATLANTIC' BALLOON.
SAILOR, c1800.
Yves Guyot's plan for an ovoid balloon fitted with a sail.
Carra's balloon fitted with paddle wheels as a means of propulsion.
De Masse's balloon.
A balloon fitted with paddles.
Testu-Briss's balloon.
Constantin Danilewsky's balloon.
The varnishing of a balloon.
Professor Charles' balloon.
The Duke of Chartres making a balloon ascent.
James Sadler And Captain Paget
TRANSPORTATION CARTOON.
JOSEPH MICHEL MONTGOLFIER
Farmers looking at hot air balloon in the sky, illustration
A paying-out machinery and pulley of Giffard's 'Captive' hydrogen balloon.
James Sadler making a balloon ascent from fields near Merton College, Oxford.
A hot-air balloon fitted with a parachute.
Camille Vert's 'Flying Fish' balloon.
Dr. Woelfert's airship.
Ferdinand Lagleize's navigable balloon.
Alphonse Louis Poitevin.
The ascent of the Montgolfier Balloon.
The construction of balloons in the Gare d'Orleans to carry information out of Paris during the Prussian siege.
Fashion pieces which mimics balloons.
Michel Loup's artificial bird.
Green's balloon landing in the sea.
A close escape for Camille Flammarion.
The making of the 'Captive' balloon for the Cremorne Gardens, London.
A hot-air balloon being released to celebrate San Giuseppe Day in Rome.
Balloons used as lightning conductors.
Poitevin making a balloon ascent on a horse from the Champ de Mars.
The readying of the balloon 'Captive' for the Paris Exhibition.
Giffard's 'Captive' hydrogen balloon.
Medal depicting a panoramic view of Paris.
The 'Nassau' balloon about to ascend from Vauxhall Gardens.
Giffard's method of anchoring a 'Captive' balloon.
Goutier-Grissy's method for propelling balloons.
A system of vanes for attaching to balloons so that ascents and descents could be made without discarding ballast or releasing gas.