The Great Balloon from Aeronautica.
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Object Details
- Creator
- Mason, Monck
- Book Title
- Aeronautica.
- Caption
- The Great Balloon.
- Educational Notes
- Balloons can be fun to play with, but on a big scale, balloons can be a mode of transportation. Charles Green is one of the first people known for his travels in a hot air balloon! Green was an English balloonist most known for his flight from London to Germany in 1836, which was approximately 480 miles. The venture was due in large part to Balloons can be fun to play with, but on a big scale, balloons can be a mode of transportation. Charles Green is one of the first people known for his travels in a hot air balloon! Green was an English balloonist most known for his flight from London to Germany in 1836, which was approximately 480 miles. The venture was due in large part to Greens introduction of coal gas for inflation. Coal gas was much cheaper than hydrogen, which was what most people had been using. There are new records involving the hot air balloon that are still being created today. Did you know hot air balloons have even been used in wars, including World Wars I and II and the U.S. Civil War?Greens introduction of coal gas for inflation. Coal gas was much cheaper than hydrogen, which was what most people had been using. There are new records involving the hot air balloon that are still being created today. Did you know hot air balloons have even been used in wars, including World Wars I and II and the U.S. Civil War?
- 1836
- Publication Date
- 1838
- Image ID
- SIL-39088002279461_0044
- Catalog ID
- 94768
- Rights
- No Copyright - United States
- Type
- Prints
- Publication Place
- London (England)
- Publisher
- F.C. Westley
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- Smithsonian Libraries
- Topic
- Travel
- Hot Air Balloon
- Charles Green
- Transportation
- Balloonist
- London
- Germany
- Coal Gas
- Records
- Language
- English
- Record ID
- silgoi_103944
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
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