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A description of the aerostat; or, A practical mode of aerostation

Author:
Davidson, Richard Oglesby  Search this
Physical description:
23 p. 21 cm
Type:
Early works to 1900
Date:
1841
Topic:
Aeronautics  Search this
Flying-machines  Search this
Call number:
TL544 .D28X 1841
TL544.D28X 1841
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_325218
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A dream of wings : Americans and the airplane, 1875-1905 / Tom D. Crouch

Author:
Crouch, Tom D  Search this
Physical description:
349 p. : ill. ; 21 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Date:
2002
19th century
Topic:
Aeronautics--History  Search this
Call number:
TL521 .C65 2002
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_678557
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A full and correct description of this extraordinary machine, the first aerial ship, the Eagle : this stupendous machine is 160 feet long, 50 high, and 40 wide, constructed for establishing a direct communication between the capitals of Europe : the first experiment of this new system of aerial navigation will be made from London to Paris, and back again, early in August

Author:
Mackintosh, T. Simmons  Search this
Physical description:
6 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 21 cm. in scrapbook 53 cm
Type:
Early works to 1900
Date:
1835
Topic:
Airships  Search this
Aeronautics  Search this
Eagle (Airship)  Search this
L'Aigle (Balloon)  Search this
Call number:
TL620.A1 U65
TL620.A1U65
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_120680
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A pictorial primary arithmetic : on the plan of object-lessons / by G.A. Walton

Title:
Walton's Primary arithmetic
Primary arithmetic
Author:
Walton, George A (George Augustus) 1822-1908  Search this
Walton, Electa N. L (Electa Nobles Lincoln) b. 1824  Search this
Former owner:
Hartshorn, Geo. Trumbull DSI  Search this
Landauer, Bella Clara 1874-1960,- DSI  Search this
Institute of the Aeronautical Sciences (U.S.) DSI  Search this
Electrotyper:
Boston Stereotype Foundry  Search this
Physical description:
96 p. : ill. ; 17 cm
Type:
Problems, exercises, etc
Early works to 1900
Date:
1867
1867, c1866
Topic:
Arithmetic  Search this
Call number:
QA103 .W2332 1867
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_736942
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Account of the principal experiments lately made with aerostatic globes

Title:
Account of aerostatic experiments continued : article the fourth
Continuation of the account of the principal experiments lately made with aerostatic globes : article the second
Farther account of aerostatic experiments : article the third
Author:
Evelyn Way Kendall Ballooning and Early Aviation Collection DSI  Search this
Publisher:
G. G. J. and J. Robinson (Paternoster-Row, London, England),)  Search this
Physical description:
[3], 154-166 pages 22 cm
Type:
Early works to 1900
Early works to 1800
Early works
History
Place:
Europe
Date:
1785
18th century
Topic:
Aeronautics  Search this
Aerostatics  Search this
Ballooning--History  Search this
Ballooning  Search this
Call number:
GV762.5.E85 A23 1785
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1063775
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Aerial navigation by Sir George Cayley, bart

Author:
Cayley, George Sir 1773-1857  Search this
Editor:
Hubbard, Thomas O'Brien 1882-  Search this
Ledeboer, John H (John Henry),) 1883-1930  Search this
Physical description:
x, 40 pages illustrations, diagrams 19 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1910
1809
Topic:
Aeronautics  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1046685
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Aeronautica : or, Voyages in the air ; containing the principles of aerostation and of flying machines ... also shewing the use to which air balloons may be applied and also the methods of constructing, filling, and conducting them

Physical description:
72 p., [1] leaf of plates : col. ill. ; 19 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1802
[ca. 1802]
Topic:
Balloons  Search this
Aeronautics  Search this
Call number:
TL617.A25
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_107283
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Aeronautics in the Union and Confererate armies : with a survey of military aeronautics prior to 1861. Volume 1 / by F. Stansbury Haydon

Author:
Haydon, Frederick Stansbury 1908-  Search this
Publisher:
Johns Hopkins Press  Search this
Oxford University Press  Search this
J.H. Furst Company  Search this
Subject:
United States Army Balloon Section History  Search this
Physical description:
xxii, 421, [3] pages, 45 plates on 24 leaves (1 folded) : portraits, facsimiles, diagrams ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
History
Place:
United States
Date:
1941
19th century
Civil War, 1861-1865
Topic:
Aeronautics, Military--History  Search this
Balloons--History  Search this
History  Search this
Aerial operations  Search this
Technology  Search this
Call number:
E492.7 .H39 1941
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1076968
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Aviation, ou, Navigation aérienne / par G. de La Landelle, auteur de Tableau de la mer, etc

Author:
La Landelle, Gabriel de 1812-1886  Search this
Illustrator:
Danel, L.  Search this
Former owner:
Naudet, Georges 1900-1983 DSI  Search this
Physical description:
[4], 4, [1], 10-315, [1] p. ; 19 cm
Type:
Early works to 1900
Date:
1863
Topic:
Aeronautics  Search this
Call number:
TL544 .L19 1863
TL544.L19 1863
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_239770
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Balloon Plaque

Medium:
Painting, Oil on Canvas
Dimensions:
2-D - In Frame (H x W x D): 14 x 14 x 1.3cm (5 1/2 x 5 1/2 x 1/2 in.)
Other (Painting): 5.5cm (2 3/16 in.)
Type:
ART-Miscellaneous
Country of Origin:
France
Date:
18th Century
Credit Line:
Donated by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Inventory Number:
A19760863000
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
See more items in:
National Air and Space Museum Collection
Data Source:
National Air and Space Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv9b684eaea-060a-4398-8846-e1792a495406
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nasm_A19760863000
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Balloon Plaque

Medium:
Painting, Oil on Canvas
Dimensions:
2-D - In Frame (H x W x D): 14 x 14cm (5 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.)
Other (Painting): 1.8cm (11/16 in.)
Type:
ART-Miscellaneous
Country of Origin:
France
Date:
18th Century
Credit Line:
Donated by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Inventory Number:
A19760864000
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
See more items in:
National Air and Space Museum Collection
Data Source:
National Air and Space Museum
GUID:
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EDAN-URL:
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Balloon Plaque

Medium:
Painting, Oil on Canvas
Dimensions:
2-D - In Frame (H x W x D): 14 x 14 x 1.3cm (5 1/2 x 5 1/2 x 1/2 in.)
Other (Painting): 7.6cm (3 in.)
Type:
ART-Miscellaneous
Country of Origin:
France
Date:
18th Century
Credit Line:
Gift of American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Inventory Number:
A19760865000
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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Data Source:
National Air and Space Museum
GUID:
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EDAN-URL:
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Balloon Plaque

Medium:
Painting, Oil on Canvas
Dimensions:
2-D - In Frame (H x W x D): 14 x 14 x 1.3cm (5 1/2 x 5 1/2 x 1/2 in.)
Other (Painting): 7.6cm (3 in.)
Type:
ART-Miscellaneous
Country of Origin:
France
Date:
18th Century
Credit Line:
Donated by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Inventory Number:
A19760866000
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
See more items in:
National Air and Space Museum Collection
Data Source:
National Air and Space Museum
GUID:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nasm_A19760866000
Online Media:
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Balloon Plaque

Medium:
Painting, Oil on Canvas
Dimensions:
2-D - In Frame (H x W x D): 14 x 14 x 1.3cm (5 1/2 x 5 1/2 x 1/2 in.)
Other (Painting): 7.6cm (3 in.)
Type:
ART-Miscellaneous
Country of Origin:
France
Date:
18th Century
Credit Line:
Donated by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Inventory Number:
A19760867000
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
See more items in:
National Air and Space Museum Collection
Data Source:
National Air and Space Museum
GUID:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nasm_A19760867000
Online Media:
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Clowns with Balloon

Medium:
Print, Engraving on Paper, Hand Colored
Dimensions:
2-D - Unframed (H x W): 33.7 x 27.9cm (13 1/4 in. x 11 in.)
Type:
ART-Prints, Original
Country of Origin:
France
Date:
19th Century
Credit Line:
Gift of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Inventory Number:
A19772700000
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
See more items in:
National Air and Space Museum Collection
Data Source:
National Air and Space Museum
GUID:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nasm_A19772700000
Online Media:
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Crotchets in the air, or, An (un)scientific account of a balloon-trip : in a familiar letter to a friend / by John Poole

Title:
Crotchets in the air
(Un)scientific account of a balloon-trip
Author:
Poole, John 1786?-1872  Search this
Publisher:
Colburn, Henry -1855  Search this
Printer:
Savill, Thomas Choate  Search this
Former owner:
Weyer, Sylvain van de 1802-1874 DSI  Search this
Armstrong, E. R. DSI  Search this
Author:
Evelyn Way Kendall Ballooning and Early Aviation Collection DSI  Search this
Subject:
Green, Charles 1785-1870  Search this
Physical description:
[4], 98 pages ; 23 cm
Type:
Early works to 1900
Date:
1838
Topic:
Balloon ascensions  Search this
Aeronautics  Search this
Call number:
TL620.G7 P6 1838X
TL620.G7P6 1838X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_160350
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Description du vol mécanique / par m. Langley

Title:
Miscellaneous papers by S.P. Langley, 1886-1904 DSI
Author:
Langley, S. P (Samuel Pierpont) 1834-1906  Search this
Bell, Alexander Graham 1847-1922  Search this
Académie des sciences (France)  Search this
Physical description:
6, [2] p. ; 27 cm
Type:
Early works to 1900
Date:
1896
[1896?]
Topic:
Airplanes  Search this
Aeronautics  Search this
Call number:
QB135 .L28 1886
QB135.L28 1886
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_374205
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Descrizione della macchina aerostatica del cittadino Francesco Zambeccari : destinata a tentare il regolamento della medesima per l'atmosfera

Title:
Macchina aerostatica del cittadino Francesco Zambeccari
Author:
Zambeccari, Francesco 1752-1812  Search this
Former owner:
Tissandier, Gaston 1843-1899 DSI  Search this
Library of Congress DSI  Search this
Author:
Evelyn Way Kendall Ballooning and Early Aviation Collection DSI  Search this
Physical description:
32 pages, III folded leaves of plates : illustrations ; 20 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Italy
Date:
1803
Topic:
Balloons--Design and construction  Search this
Airships  Search this
Aeronautics  Search this
Call number:
TL622 .Z36 1803
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_549597
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Dictionnaire raisonné de toutes les parties de la physique / par M. Brisson ..

Title:
Dictionnaire raisonné de physique
Author:
Brisson, Mathurin-Jacques 1723-1806  Search this
Brisson, Mathurin-Jacques 1723-1806 Observations sur les nouvelles découvertes aërostatiques et sur la probabilité de pouvoir diriger les ballons  Search this
Engraver:
Bénard, Robert 1734-  Search this
Ill:
Fossier  Search this
Caron, Antoine-Nicolas 1719-1768  Search this
Physical description:
3 v., 90 [i.e. 91] leaves of plates : ill. ; 27 cm. (4to)
Type:
Early works to 1800
Early works to 1900
Date:
1787
Topic:
Physics--Dictionaries  Search this
Physics  Search this
Encyclopedias and dictionaries  Search this
Aeronautics  Search this
Call number:
QC5 .B8X 1787
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_215745
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Die Bewegungen eines fliegenden Körpers und die Möglichkeit des mechanischen Fluges / von Hermann Haedicke ..

Author:
Haedicke, Hermann  Search this
Donor:
Burndy Library DSI  Search this
Physical description:
21, [1] p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 26 cm
Type:
Early works to 1900
Date:
1898
[1898?]
Topic:
Flight  Search this
Aeronautics  Search this
Call number:
TL570 .H14 1898
TL570.H14 1898
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_327979

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